---
title: 'The Rest Is Silence (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Helmut Käutner'
released: '1959-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-rest-is-silence-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053217/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Rest Is Silence (1959)

1959 · 103 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Der Rest ist Schweigen

## Synopsis

The Rest Is Silence 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- **Screenplay:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Eichhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-eichhorn)
- **Producer:** [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte), [Harald Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-braun)
- **Director of Photography:** [Igor Oberberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-oberberg)
- **Editor:** [Klaus Dudenhöfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-dudenhofer)

## Cast

- [Richard Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-allan)
- [Siegfried Schürenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-schurenberg)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)
- [Peter van Eyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-van-eyck)
- [Erwin Linder](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-linder)
- [Heinz Drache](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-drache)
- [Charles Régnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-regnier)
- [Rainer Penkert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-penkert)
- [Josef Sieber](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-sieber)
- [Balduin Baas](https://cinepixo.com/people/balduin-baas)
- [Rudolf Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-forster)
- [Gustl Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustl-busch)
- [Joachim Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-wolff)
- [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- [Werner Schumacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schumacher)

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