Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

1991-02-08 · 117 min · Rating 6.89/10 (317 votes)

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.

Comedy Drama

Keywords

based on play or musical existentialism fate hamlet tragicomedy