The Silence (1963) - Movie

The Silence (1963)
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin), her sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) and Anna's young son, Johan (Jorgen Lindstrom), 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.

Release Date: 1963

R |1 hr 35 min

Plot Summary

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin), her sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) and Anna's young son, Johan (Jorgen Lindstrom), 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.

Cast: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jörgen Lindström, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg, Lissi Alandh, Karl-Arne Bergman, Leif Forstenberg

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Svensk Filmindustri

Keywords: Temptation , Mystery , Sister , Escape , Forbidden love , 1960s , Hotel ,