1959
5.7 (6 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Crime
Production Companies
Freie Film Produktion GmbH & Co., Hamburg
The Rest Is Silence (Der Rest ist Schweigen)
Overview
'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.'
Key Crew
Director: Helmut Käutner
Producer: Harald Braun, Helmut Käutner, Wolfgang Staudte
Writer: Helmut Käutner
Top 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
Boy Gobert
Mike R. Krantz
Heinz Drache
Herbert von Pohl
Charles Regnier
Kriminalrat Fortner
