''The Rest Is Silence'' (german: Der Rest ist Schweigen) is a 1959 West German

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

directed by

Helmut Käutner Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...

. It was entered into the

9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and François ...

Cast

Hardy Krüger Hardy Krüger (; born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor and author, who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increa ...

- John H. Claudius * Peter van Eyck - Paul Claudius *

Ingrid Andree Ingrid Andree (born Ingrid Tilly Unverhau on 19 January 1931) is a German actress. She began her career in 1948 in Hamburg and in 1950 appeared at the Thaliatheater, Hamburg.Waldekranz, R. & Arpe, V. (1956) ''Das Buch vom Film''. Berlin: Deutsch ...

- Fee von Pohl *

Adelheid Seeck Adelheid Seeck (3 November 1912 – 17 February 1973) was a German film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1941 and 1972. She starred in ''The Last Ones Shall Be First'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festi ...

- Gertrud Claudius * Rudolf Forster - Dr. von Pohl *

Boy Gobert Boy Gobert (5 June 1925 – 30 May 1986) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) – Schiffs-Steward * '' A Heart Full of Music'' (1955) – Granito Bubiblanca * ''Meine Kinder und ich'' (195 ...

- Mike R. Krantz * Rainer Penkert - Major Horace *

Heinz Drache Heinz Drache (; 9 February 1923 – 3 April 2002) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1953 and 2002. He was born in Essen, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany of lung cancer. Selected filmography * '' Once I ...

- Herbert von Pohl *

Charles Régnier Karl Friedrich Anton Hermann 'Charles' Regnier (Régnier)"Wedekind aus Horst Kreis Neustadt am Rübenberge in Niedersachsen". In: ''Niedersächsisches Geschlechterbuch''. (Genealogical studies). Limburg an der Lahn: Verlag C. A. Starke Volume 1 ...

- Inspector Fortner *

Siegfried Schürenberg Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1933 and 1974. He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany in 1993, at age 93. Although he never p ...

- Johannes Claudius * Richard Allan - Stanley Goulden *

Josef Sieber Josef Sieber (28 April 1900 – 3 December 1962) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Pappi'' (1934) * ''Punks Arrives from America'' (1935) * ''Joan of Arc'' (1935) * ''The Gypsy Baron'' (1935) * ''The Last Four on Santa Cruz'' (193 ...

- Werks-Pförtner *

Robert Meyn Robert Meyn (16 January 1896 – 2 March 1972) was a German stage, film and television actor.Fehrenbach p.103 Partial filmography * '' The Sinner'' (1951) - Von Hernsdorf - Marinas Stiefvater / Marina's Stepfather * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (19 ...

- Dr. Voltman *

Erwin Linder Erwin Linder (1903–1968) was a German stage, film and television actor.Meyer p.76 Selected filmography * '' Only One Night'' (1950) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1952) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1953) * '' Wedding in Transit'' (1953) * ''Don't Forget Love'' ...

- Direktor *

Werner Schumacher Werner Schumacher (born 4 May 1921 in Berlin - died 18 April 2004 in Vienna) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1986 he starred in the Süddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. Selected filmography * ' ...

- Werks-Fahrer

References

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* 1959 films 1959 crime films German crime films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Helmut Käutner German black-and-white films Films about families 1950s business films Films based on Hamlet 1950s German films {{1950s-crime-film-stub