Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
1990: Tom Stoppard
This is the film made from the highly successful 1966 stage play by author and director Tom Stoppard. It’s a metaphysically challenging absurdist behind-the-scenes look at the life (and death) of characters; it’s superficially comical, but has some real meat beneath the surface. The film is substantially changed from the stage version, but retains a lot of its basic ideas.
Ambassador from England: John Burgess
Claudius: Donald Sumpter
Gertrude: Joanna Miles
Guildenstern: Tim Roth
Hamlet: Iain Glen
Horatio: Vili Matula
Laertes (as Sven Medvesck): Sven Medvesek
Ophelia: Joanna Roth
Osric: Ljubo Zecevic
Polonius: Ian Richardson
Rosencrantz: Gary Oldman
The Player: Richard Dreyfuss
Tragedian (as Srdjan Soric): Serge Soric
Tragedian: Branko Zavrsan
Tragedian: Livio Badurina
Tragedian: Mare Mlacnik
Tragedian: Mladen Vasary
Tragedian: Tomislav Maretic
Tragedian: Zeljko Vukmirica
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