The Silence
“BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!”
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.
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Cast
13 people
Ingrid Thulin
Ester
Known for
Wild Strawberries
Winter Light
Gunnel Lindblom
Anna
Known for
The Seventh Seal
The Virgin Spring
Birger Malmsten
Bartender
Known for
Summer Interlude
Masculin Féminin
Håkan Jahnberg
Hotel Steward
Also in
Hemsöborna
The Red Mantle
Jörgen Lindström
Johan
Also in
Night Games
A Dream Play
Kotti Chave
Officer in the Train Compartment
Also in
The Red Room
Dollar
Lissi Alandh
Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Known for
Miss Julie
Pippi Longstocking
Leif Forstenberg
Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Known for
The Virgin Spring
Eskil Kalling
Bar Owner (uncredited)
Karl-Arne Bergman
Paperboy (uncredited)
Also in
Shame
Woman of Darkness
Carl Andersson
Also in
Thirst
Miss Julie
Olof Huddén
Also in
Rider in Blue
Ett köpmanshus i skärgården
Ingmar Bergman Director · Ivan Renliden Composer Sven Nykvist Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $350K · United States release February 3, 1964 · Produced in Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$350,000
Production
SF Studios
Production
Svensk Filmindustri
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Tystnaden
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Spanish · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · September 23, 1963
Theatrical
United States · February 3, 1964
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray
Denmark
February 17, 1964 · Theatrical
Finland
February 26, 1965 · Theatrical
France
March 11, 1964 · Theatrical
Germany
January 24, 1964 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 1, 1964 · Theatrical
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