The Silence

Aug 13, 2010

1h 58m

★ 6.6

Overview

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Lüthje & Schneider Filmproduktion

Cine Plus Filmproduktion

ZDF

The Silence Trailers

Cast

Peer Sommer

Ulrich Thomsen

Timo Friedrich

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Elena Lange

Katrin Sass

David Jahn

Sebastian Blomberg

Krischan Mittich

Burghart Klaußner

Matthias Grimmer

Oliver Stokowski

Ruth Weghamm

Karoline Eichhorn

Jana Gläser

Jule Böwe

Karl Weghamm

Roeland Wiesnekker

Julia Friedrich

Claudia Michelsen

Sinikka Weghamm

Lena Klenke

Pia Lange

Helene Luise Doppler

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