Main Cast: Hardy Kruger, Peter Van Eyck, Ingrid Andree, Adelheid Seeck
Release Year: 1959
Country: WG
Run Time: 106 minutes
Plot
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 Kruger trying to prove that his uncle (Peter van Eyck) 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. Interestingly, this 1960 film was released at the same time as a "straight" German version of Hamlet, made for television and starring Maximillian Schell. The original title of Rest Is Silence was Der Rest Ist Schweigen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Richard Allan - Stanley Goulden; Heinz Drache - Herbert von Pohl; Rudolf Forster - Dr. von Pohl; Boy Gobert - Mike R. Krantz; Rainer Penkert - Maj. Horace; Charles Regnier - Inspector Fortner
