The Silence

Sep 23, 1963

1h 35m

★ 7.5

BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

SF Studios

The Silence Trailers

Cast

Ester

Ingrid Thulin

Anna

Gunnel Lindblom

Bartender

Birger Malmsten

Hotel Steward

Håkan Jahnberg

Johan

Jörgen Lindström

Officer in the Train Compartment

Kotti Chave

Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)

Lissi Alandh

Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)

Leif Forstenberg

Bar Owner (uncredited)

Eskil Kalling

Paperboy (uncredited)

Karl-Arne Bergman

Carl Andersson

Olof Huddén

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