The Rest Is Silence

The Rest Is Silence (1959)

Der Rest ist Schweigen

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.'

Date of release
1959-07-21
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Helmut Käutner

Casting

Interesting facts

The Rest Is Silence is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hardy Krüger, Peter van Eyck and Ingrid Andree. The plot is inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet, with the setting shifted to postwar West Germany during the Economic Miracle. It was made at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Oberhausen and in the Lohausen district of Düsseldorf. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

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