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Overview
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Vercors (short story)
Jean-Pierre Melville (adaptation)
Release Date:
22 April 1949 (France) more
Plot:
In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece... more | add synopsis
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Simple and powerful more (5 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Howard Vernon | ... | Werner von Ebrennac |
| Nicole Stéphane | ... | The Niece (as Nicole Stephane) |
| Jean-Marie Robain | ... | The Uncle |
| Ami Aaröe | ... | Werner's fiancee (as Ami Aaroe) |
| Georges Patrix | ... | L'ordonnance |
| Denis Sadier | ... | L'ami |
| Rudelle | ... | German |
| Max Fromm | ... | German (as Fromm) |
| Claude Vernier | ... | German (as Vernier) |
| Max Hermann | ... | German |
| Fritz Schmiedel | ... | German (as Schmiedel) |
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88 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Melville began filming without the rights to Vercors' novel; when Vercors heard of this, he met with Melville, who told him that if he did not like the film, he would burn the negative. Melville was also not in the screenwriters' or directors' unions and had difficulty in employing people and getting distribution. However, the film was an immense success, both critically and commercially and Vercors loved it. more
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Remade as Le silence de la mer (2004) (TV) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Le silence de la Mer (1949)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Did Werner have a fiancee? | taracute |
| Did Werner have a fiancee? | taracute |
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I am surprised that this movie is so little known (I must confess I did not know much about it either when I first went to see it). I think it is one of the best movies made in Europe in the first years after the WW2. It is quiet and simple, but very powerful at the same time. Without any killing or death in it, this film shows the absurdness and tragedy of war better than any other I have seen. At the same time, for me this was a very good insight in the spirit of French resistance. But above all, it is about a collapse of dreams, a conflict between one's conscience and ideology, and a realisation of how senseless human feelings, aspirations and the whole existence is made by the war. Very deep and impressive. I felt like crying at the end.