Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead DVD 1990 Rosencrantz és Guildenstern Halott / Directed by: Tom Stoppard / Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Iain Glen, Ian Richardson, Donald Sumpter, Joanna Miles, Joanna Roth

UPC 5999551920255  /  5999016344275 / IPH6008

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 112 minutes

English Summary:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Stoppard based on his play of the same name. 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.

They 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.

Filmed in Trogir, Yugoslavia (now Trogir, Republic of Croatia), the movie won the Golden Lion at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot:

The film, like the play, focuses on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and their actions (or lack thereof) within the play of Hamlet. The film begins as they travel on horseback to Elsinore, contemplating fate, memory and language. Rosencrantz finds and continually flips a coin which always comes up heads, causing Guildenstern to conclude that something is wrong with reality.

They meet a travelling troupe of tragedians on the way, and during their conversation with the lead Player, they are mysteriously transported into the action of Hamlet at Elsinore. They wander around the castle, trying to catch up to the action and understand what is going on by listening to other parts of the play. They are asked by the Danish royal couple to stay awhile in order to help find out the cause of, and hopefully cure, Prince Hamlet's gloomy state. They spend their time outside the scenes in Hamlet trying to figure out what is wrong with the prince and what is required of them.

Hungarian Summary:

Két olyan emberről szól a történet, akik soha sem jönnek rá, miért ölik meg őket, s hogy ez mennyire mulatságos. Belekeveredtek egy történetbe, mely számukra éppolyan rejtélyes, mint a nézőnek. Két lóti-futi mellékszereplő, akik parancsra főszerepre kényszerülnek. Hamlet királyfi áruló barátai. Kockáznak, fülelnek, túllihegik a parancsokat. Ármány, szerelem, összeesküvés, bosszú és gyors halál, s ők semmit sem értenek az egészből... Tom Stoppard, a neves színműíró első filmjében saját darabját dolgozta át a filmvászonra. Shakespeare Hamletjének sajátos parafrázisában a darab két gyászos végű mellékfiguráját állítja a középpontba, miközben az eredeti dráma főalakjai csak a háttérben jelennek meg. A film 1990-ben elnyerte a velencei fesztivál nagydíját, az Arany Oroszlánt.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Tim Roth as Guildenstern
• Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz
• Richard Dreyfuss as The Lead Player
• Iain Glen as Prince Hamlet
• Ian Richardson as Polonius
• Joanna Miles as Gertrude
• Donald Sumpter as King Claudius
• Sven Medvesck as Laertes