The Silence
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- Runtime
- 95 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Ingrid Thulin
- Gunnel Lindblom
- Birger Malmsten
- Håkan Jahnberg
- Jörgen Lindström
- Kotti Chave
- Lissi Alandh
- Leif Forstenberg
- Eskil Kalling
- Karl-Arne Bergman
- Carl Andersson
- Olof Huddén
- Claes Esphagen
Director
- Ingmar Bergman
Producers
- Allan Ekelund
Screenwriter
- Ingmar Bergman
