'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.'

• DirectorHelmut Käutner
• Release21 July 1959
• Genre
  Drama / Crime
• Duration1h 40m
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  5.7
  6 reviews
• Productions

  Freie Film Produktion GmbH & Co., Hamburg