The Rest Is Silence

Release Date: 1959-07-21

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.'

Rating: 5.7 / 10

Cast

Hardy Krüger

as John H. Claudius

Peter van Eyck

as Paul Claudius

Ingrid Andree

as Fee von Pohl

Adelheid Seeck

as Gertrud Claudius

Rudolf Forster

as Dr. von Pohl