The Rest Is Silence

6.6 / 10

(5 votes)

'The Rest Is Silence, a German-made attempt to update Shakespeare, is one of the best and least self-conscious of this minor genre. As indicated by the title, the film's script is a "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama,

Crime

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1959

Director:

Helmut Käutner

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Company:

Freie Film Produktion GmbH & Co., Hamburg

Cast:
Hardy Krüger

John H. Claudius

Peter van Eyck

Paul Claudius

Ingrid Andree

Fee von Pohl

Adelheid Seeck

Gertrud Claudius

Rudolf Forster

Dr. von Pohl

Crew:
Helmut Käutner

Director

Klaus Dudenhöfer

Editor

Helmut Käutner

Writer

Harald Braun

Producer

Wolfgang Staudte

Producer