The Rest Is Silence
1959'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.'
Acted in
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
Boy Gobert
as Mike R. Krantz
Heinz Drache
as Herbert von Pohl
Charles Regnier
as Kriminalrat Fortner
Werner Schumacher
as Werksfahrer
Siegfried Schürenberg
as Johannes Claudius
Balduin Baas
as Sekretär
Robert Meyn
as Dr. Voltman
Rainer Penkert
as Major Horace