The Rest Is Silence

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Release date: July 21, 1959
Duration: 100 minutes
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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.'

Starring

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Hardy Krüger
John H. Claudius
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Peter van Eyck
Paul Claudius
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Ingrid Andree
Fee von Pohl
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Rudolf Forster
Dr. von Pohl