Sep 23, 1963
95 min
Full-HD

The Silence (1963)

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.

Category

Drama Romance

Country

Sweden

Companies

SF Studios

Ingrid Thulin

Ester

Gunnel Lindblom

Anna

Birger Malmsten

Bartender

Håkan Jahnberg

Hotel Steward

Jörgen Lindström

Johan

Kotti Chave

Officer in the Train Compartment

Lissi Alandh

Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)

Leif Forstenberg

Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)

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