The Silence (1963)
Original title: Tystnaden
BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!
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.
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Ingrid ThulinEster
Gunnel LindblomAnna
Birger MalmstenBartenderHåkan JahnbergHotel Steward
Jörgen LindströmJohan
Kotti ChaveOfficer in the Train Compartment
Lissi AlandhWoman in Variety Hall (uncredited)Leif ForstenbergMan in Variety Hall (uncredited)Eskil KallingBar Owner (uncredited)Karl-Arne BergmanPaperboy (uncredited)Carl AnderssonOlof HuddénKeywords
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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.
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The Silence has a runtime of 95 minutes.
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