Rest ist Schweigen, Der

Alternative title: Rest is Silence, The
Synopsis: Feature film. A modern reworking of Hamlet set in post-war Germany. A young intellectual, John, grieves for his father whose died in mysterious circumstances. His father’s business is taken over by his brother and John’s mother later marries him. John investigates his father’s death and stages a ballet called ‘The Murder of a Brother’ to help incriminate the murderer.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1959
Duration: 104 mins

Director

Helmut Kaeutner

Producer

Cinematographer

Editor

Music

Costume

Cast

Hardy Krüger	John H. Claudius (Hamlet)
Peter Van Eyck	Paul Claudius (Claudius)
Adelheid Seeck	Gertrud Claudius (Gertrude)
Rudolf Forster	Sanitätsrat von Pohl (Polonius)
Ingrid Andree	Fee von Pohl (Ophelia)
Boy Gobert	Mike R. Krantz (Rosencrantz)
Charles Regnier	Kriminalrat Fortner (Fortinbras)
Erich Weiher	Friedhofsgärtner (2) (Gravedigger (2))
Gustl Busch	Kneipen-Wirtin
Heinz Drache	Herbert von Pohl (Laertes)
Joachim Wolff	Friedhofsgärtner (1) (Gravedigger (1))
Josef Sieber	Werks-Pförtner
Rainer Penkert	Major Horace (Horatio)
Reinhold Nietschmann	Dr Cornelius (Cornelius)
Richard Allan	Stanley Goulden (Guildenstern)
Robert Meyne	Dr Voltman (Voltemand)
Siegfrid Schürenberg	Johannes Claudius (Ghost)
Werner Schumacher	Werks-Fahrer

History: Premiered on 22/7/1959 in Berlin.
Textual information: A filmscript is held by the Hochschule fuer Theater und Film (university of Television and Film) in Munich.

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