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Overview

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Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman (writer)

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Release Date:

3 February 1964 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

"The Silence" is about the emotional distance between two sisters. The younger one is still attractive enough to pick up a lover in a strange city... more | full synopsis

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Awards:

3 wins more

User Comments:

Bleak and beautiful film more (29 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Ingrid Thulin ... Ester
Gunnel Lindblom ... Anna
Birger Malmsten ... The Bartender
Håkan Jahnberg ... The Waiter
Jörgen Lindström ... Johan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Silence (USA)
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Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Sweden

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (AGA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) (1963) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1964) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1965) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2004) | France:-12 | West Germany:16 (f) (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (f) (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | UK:X (original rating)


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Trivia:

The chief censor was in holiday when this movie was approved. more

Quotes:

Ester: I didn't want to accept my wretched role. But now it's too damn lonely. We try out attitudes and find them all worthless. The forces are all too strong. I mean the forces... the horrible forces. You need to watch your step among all the ghosts and memories.
Ester: All this talk... There's no need to discuss loneliness. It's a waste of time.
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Referenced in "Harald Schmidt: (#4.5)" (2009) more

Soundtrack:

THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS more


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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Bleak and beautiful film, 23 March 1999
10/10
Author: Troy Swain from New York, USA

A harrowing film. Two sisters and a young son spend some time in a town whose language they do not speak. It's dejected and lonely, as bleak as Bergman gets. Supposedly it's about faith; it is part of his "religous trilogy" (along with Through the Glass Darkly). The town is strange and eerie and alien. The sisters' non-understanding of the native tongue brings to a focus their alienation from each other as well as from everyone else - you'll feel it too. It's not a pleasant film to watch, but it's beautiful nonetheless.

By the way, Kubrick fans will love looking at how this film influenced The Shining. The film is rife with long sweeps through the hotel where the sisters are staying. Abandoned opulant hotel corridors swim by, lazy and radiant with mesmerizing patterns. However, this film is even more dejected and alienating than The Shining. And the sex scene is one of the most unappealing I've ever scene; It's ridiculously cold.

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