'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.'
as John H. Claudius
as Paul Claudius
as Fee von Pohl
as Gertrud Claudius
as Dr. von Pohl
as Mike R. Krantz
as Herbert von Pohl
as Kriminalrat Fortner
as Werksfahrer
as Johannes Claudius
as Sekretär
as Dr. Voltman
as Major Horace
