The Rest Is Silence

'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.'

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

Werner Schumacher

Werksfahrer

Siegfried Schürenberg

Johannes Claudius