The Silence
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The Silence (1963)

23/09/1963
Drama, Romance
1h 35m

BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!

Overview

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.

  • Ingmar BergmanDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    Tystnaden

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Swedish

Keywords

  • hotel
  • sibling relationship
  • travel
  • rage
  • desire
  • complex
  • sister sister relationship
  • anxious
  • playful
  • dramatic
  • suspenseful
  • defiant

Top Billed Cast

Ingrid Thulin

Ingrid Thulin

Ester

Gunnel Lindblom

Gunnel Lindblom

Anna

Birger Malmsten

Birger Malmsten

Bartender

Håkan Jahnberg

Hotel Steward

Jörgen Lindström

Jörgen Lindström

Johan

Kotti Chave

Kotti Chave

Officer in the Train Compartment

Lissi Alandh

Lissi Alandh

Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)

Leif Forstenberg

Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)

Eskil Kalling

Bar Owner (uncredited)

Karl-Arne Bergman

Paperboy (uncredited)

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