Overview
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.'
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
- Heinz Drache as Herbert von Pohl
- Charles Regnier as Kriminalrat Fortner
- Werner Schumacher as Werksfahrer
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Johannes Claudius