Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Ross Tim Roth) are two small characters in Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet. This film looks at the tragedy in terms of their actions. On their way back to Elsinore, Denmark, a lot of strange things happened, such as the coin Rosencrantz tossed was always facing up, for example, they met a strange troupe. When they came to the palace, they met the king and queen, who asked them to approach Prince Hamlet to find out why he was unhappy. So they recommended the troupe to the prince. So the prince used the troupe to stage a story of killing his brother and usurping the throne and marrying his sister-in-law, which made the king very unhappy. The king then ordered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to secretly take the prince to England to be executed, but Hamlet accidentally found their letters and learned that he was about to be killed. The film is based on a play of the same name.