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The Rest Is Silence

Play trailer The Rest Is Silence Released Aug 1, 1960 1h 46m Drama Crime Play Trailer Watchlist
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Director Helmut Kautner retells William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the context of postwar Germany. John H. Claudius (Hardy Krüger) returns from Harvard to find his mother married to his uncle after the death of his father, Paul (Peter van Eyck). His father, an industrialist, owned a steel plant that is bustling due to Germany's postwar boom. Although John's father is said to have been killed in an air raid, John is convinced his mother and uncle plotted the death together.

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Audience Member What a brilliant idea to make an epic movie from the golden age of Bucharest. It has all the ingredients of Balkan melodrama, cynicism, betrayal, over the top characters and spectactular tragic ending. Highly recommended. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The best Romanian movie in my book Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member a really big and very nicelly filmed production. Costumes, settings, actors, script, everything perfect. My personal favorite moment is where the protector of arts gives a brief lesson about the facts of life, art and artists to the young man. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member i respect caranfil's work but with this kind of movie you can't actually brag with it Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member filmul e bun, m-a prins si chiar m-a emotionat. la final s-a precipitat cam tare actiunea si a contrastat cu genul comedie din prima parte, are scuza razboiului insa. faza cu leon, ai incredere in baiatul acesta/ bine, tata mi se pare greu de inghitit la modul serios, la un film de comedie era ok, insa aici cand la sfarsit ti se cere sa iei in serios povestea, pica cam aiurea. in afara de asta, excelente decorurile si costumele de epoca, super evocarea acelor timpuri, foarte bun joc pt cel care l-a interpretat pe Grigore -personajul principal Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Captivating subject: how one of the first movies was made. It is happening in 1911.. <a href ="http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/article/too_short_to_play_hamlet/"> [more] </a> Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Director Helmut Kautner retells William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the context of postwar Germany. John H. Claudius (Hardy Krüger) returns from Harvard to find his mother married to his uncle after the death of his father, Paul (Peter van Eyck). His father, an industrialist, owned a steel plant that is bustling due to Germany's postwar boom. Although John's father is said to have been killed in an air raid, John is convinced his mother and uncle plotted the death together.
Director
Helmut Kautner
Producer
Helmut Kautner, Harald Braun, Wolfgang Staudte
Screenwriter
Helmut Kautner
Production Co
Freie Film Produktion GmbH & Co., Hamburg, Real-Film GmbH
Genre
Drama, Crime
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 1, 1960, Original
Runtime
1h 46m