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The Rest Is Silence (1959)
Directed by Helmut Käutner
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.’
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Hardy Krüger | Peter van Eyck | Ingrid Andree | Adelheid Seeck | Rudolf Forster | Boy Gobert | Heinz Drache | Charles Regnier | Werner Schumacher | Siegfried Schürenberg | Balduin Baas | Robert Meyn | Rainer Penkert