--- title: 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)' type: 'film' director: 'Tom Stoppard' released: '1990-01-01' runtime_minutes: 118 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-1990' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) 1990 · 118 min · Drama, Comedy · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 period black comedy film written and directed by Tom Stoppard based on his 1966 play. Like the play, the film depicts two minor characters from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tom Stoppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stoppard) - **Screenplay:** [Tom Stoppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stoppard) - **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers) - **Producer:** [Emanuel Azenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/emanuel-azenberg) - **Director of Photography:** [Peter Biziou](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-biziou) - **Editor:** [Nicolas Gaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-gaster) ## Cast - [Richard Dreyfuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dreyfuss) as The Player - [Joanna Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-roth) as Ophelia - [John Burgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-burgess) as Ambassador from England - [Joanna Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-miles) as Gertrude - [Donald Sumpter](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sumpter) as King Claudius - [Tim Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-roth) as Guildenstern - [Ian Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-richardson) as Polonius - [Gary Oldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-oldman) as Rosencrantz - [Sven Medvešek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-medvesek) as Laertes - [Iain Glen](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-glen) as Prince Hamlet ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rosencrantz-guildenstern-are-dead-1990 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1579166); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.