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The Silence

BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!

7.5(413)19631h 35m2

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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Released
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Language
Spanish
  • hotel
  • sibling relationship
  • travel
  • rage
  • desire
  • complex
  • sister sister relationship
  • anxious
  • playful
  • dramatic
  • suspenseful
  • defiant

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Sweden

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical3 Feb 1964
    • PhysicalIngmar Bergman’s Cinema Blu-ray20 Nov 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Apr 1964
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1517 Feb 1964
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1626 Feb 1965
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical11 Mar 1964
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1824 Jan 1964
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1523 Sept 1963

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The Silence was released on 23 September 1963.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/31/2026

    7/10

    Though they are travelling together through an un-named country, there appears to be little love lost between the poorly “Ester” (Ingrid Thulin) and her younger sister “Anna” (Gunnel Lindblom) who also has her young son “Johan” (Jörgen Lindstrom) in tow, too. Even though “Ester” is a linguist, she doesn’t readily understand the language here and so frequently resorts to sign language to make her self understood. “Ann…

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