- Synopsis
- Awards
- Credits
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Synopsis
Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly witty film examines fate and asks if we can ever really know what’s going on?
Are answers as important as the questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet’s malaise as demanded 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?
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Awards
1990 Venice Film Festival
- Won Golden Lion (Tom Stoppard)
1991 Fantasporto
- Won Directors’ Week Award (Tom Stoppard)
1992 Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Actor (Gary Oldman)
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Credits
- Gary Oldman
- Rosencrantz
- Tim Roth
- Guildenstern
- Richard Dreyfuss
- The Player
- Joanna Roth
- Ophelia
- Iain Glen
- Hamlet
- Donald Sumpter
- Claudius
- Joanna Miles
- Gertrude
- Ljubo Zecevic
- Osric
- Ian Richardson
- Polonius
- Sven Medvesek
- Laertes
- Vili Matula
- Horatio
- John Burges
- Ambassador from England
- Director
- Tom Stoppard
- Writer (Screenplay)
- Tom Stoppard
- Writer (Original Source)
- William Shakespeare
- Producers
- Emanuel Azenberg
Michael Brandman - Cinematographer
- Peter Biziou