The Rest Is Silence (German: Der Rest ist Schweigen) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hardy Krüger, Peter van Eyck and Ingrid Andree. The plot is inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet, with the setting shifted to postwar West Germany during the Economic Miracle. It was made at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Oberhausen and in the Lohausen district of Düsseldorf. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
Hardy Krüger as John H. Claudius
Peter van Eyck as Paul Claudius
Ingrid Andree as Fee von Pohl
Adelheid Seeck as Gertrud Claudius
Rudolf Forster as Dr. von Pohl
Boy Gobert as Mike R. Krantz
Rainer Penkert as Major Horace
Heinz Drache as Herbert von Pohl
Charles Régnier as Inspector Fortner
Siegfried Schürenberg as Johannes Claudius
Richard Allan as Stanley Goulden
Josef Sieber as Werks-Pförtner
Robert Meyn as Dr. Voltman
Erwin Linder as Direktor
Werner Schumacher as Werks-Fahrer