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The Silence

Movie
1963
1h 35m
Swedish
Drama, Romance
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.8
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The Silence (1963) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
79

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Hkan Jahnberg
Hotel Steward
Kotti Chave
Officer in the Train Compartment
Lissi Alandh
Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Leif Forstenberg
Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Eskil Kalling
Bar Owner (uncredited)
KarlArne Bergman
Paperboy (uncredited)
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman (Screenplay)

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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
Bergman's trilogie about the silence of God Såsom i en spegel (1961) (Through a Glass Darkly) https://trakt.tv/movies/through-a-glass-darkly-1961 Nattvardsgästerna (1962) (Winter Light) https://trakt.tv/movies/winter-light-1963 Tystnaden (1963) (The Silence) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-silence-1963
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manicure
8/10  4 years ago
Same gimmicks as "Persona", but with silence instead of word diarrhea (and I mean it as a good thing). Two sisters spend time at a hotel in a city whose language nobody seems to know. While they easily find ways to communicate with the people around them through music, gestures, and sex, the More
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