Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

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absurdist comedy film film

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 absurdist comedy film adaptation of Tom Stoppard’s play, following two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet as they grapple with fate and existential confusion.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	absurdist comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Lion ⓘ
awardReceivedFrom	Venice Film Festival ⓘ
awardReceivedYear	1990 ⓘ
basedOn	play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	Tom Stoppard ⓘ
characterOriginatesFrom	Hamlet ⓘ
characterOriginatesFromWorkBy	William Shakespeare ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Peter Biziou ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Tom Stoppard ⓘ
distributor	Cinecom Entertainment Group ⓘ surface form: Cinecom Pictures
editedBy	Tariq Anwar ⓘ
filmingLocation	Croatia ⓘ Zagreb ⓘ
genre	absurdist film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ
hasFilmVersionOf	play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ⓘ
hasSubject	death ⓘ identity ⓘ philosophy of free will ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Guildenstern ⓘ Rosencrantz ⓘ
musicBy	Stanley Myers ⓘ
narrativeTheme	existentialism ⓘ fate ⓘ metatheatre ⓘ
partOfFranchise	adaptations of Hamlet ⓘ
plotFocus	two minor characters from Hamlet ⓘ
producer	Michael Brandman ⓘ
publicationDate	1990 ⓘ
releaseEvent	Venice Film Festival ⓘ surface form: 47th Venice International Film Festival
runtimeMinutes	117 ⓘ
screenwriter	Tom Stoppard ⓘ
setting	Elsinore Castle ⓘ
starring	Gary Oldman ⓘ Iain Glen ⓘ Ian Richardson ⓘ Joanna Miles ⓘ Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ Tim Roth ⓘ
titleCharacter	Guildenstern ⓘ Rosencrantz ⓘ