The Great Silence
“His voice was the silence of death!”
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
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Cast
48 people
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Silence
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Klaus Kinski
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Frank Wolff
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Luigi Pistilli
Henry Pollicut
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Mario Brega
Martin
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Carlo D'Angelo
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Marisa Merlini
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Maria Mizar
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Marisa Sally
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Raf Baldassarre
Bobo Schultz
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The Mercenary
Eyeball
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Walter
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Remo De Angelis
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The Specialists
Sergio Corbucci Director · Mario Amendola Screenplay Bruno Corbucci Screenplay
Worldwide gross $500K · United States release September 9, 2012 · Produced in Italy, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$500,000
Production
Les Films Corona
Production
Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica
Production
Italy · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il grande silenzio
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · November 22, 1968
Theatrical · Rome
United States · September 4, 2001
Physical · DVD
United States · September 9, 2012
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
December 8, 2012 · Limited theatrical · New York Film Forum
Denmark
September 24, 1969 · Theatrical
France
January 27, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
February 21, 1969 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
December 7, 1968 · Theatrical · Turin
December 13, 1968 · Theatrical · Milan
Japan
September 6, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 9, 1969 · Theatrical · Den Haag
Portugal
September 24, 1970 · Theatrical
February 24, 2003 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
July 11, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Sweden
February 10, 1969 · Theatrical
September 12, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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