'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
Balduin Baas
Sekretär
Robert Meyn
Dr. Voltman
Rainer Penkert
Major Horace
