Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(1991)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 332 votes
Year: 1991
Runtime: 117 мин
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Director: Tom Stoppard
Cast: Гэри Олдман, Тим Рот, Ричард Дрейфус, Иэн Глен, Ian Richardson, Дональд Самптер, Joanna Miles, Джоэнна Рот, John Burgess, Livio Badurina
Plot
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, 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.
Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, this film examines fate and asks, Can we ever really know what's going on? Are answers as important as questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet's malaise as requested by the new king? Will the mysterious players who are strolling around the castle reveal the secrets they evidently know? And whose serve is it?