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The Rest Is Silence (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 100 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Helmut Käutner
- Starring
- Peter van Eyck, Hardy Krüger, Ingrid Andree, Charles Regnier, Boy Gobert, Balduin Baas
A German-made effort to update Shakespeare stands out as one of the best and least self‑conscious works in this niche. The script presents a “mufti” version of Hamlet, with a young Hardy Krüger determined to prove his uncle murdered his father. Direct references to the original abound, including a reenactment of the crime for the uncle’s benefit and recurrent appearances of the hero’s father’s ghost.
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