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The Great Silence

His voice was the silence of death!

7.5(486)19681h 47m7

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$500K
Language
Italian
  • dying and death
  • gunslinger
  • sheriff
  • bounty hunter
  • saloon
  • desolateness
  • winter
  • utah
  • repayment
  • sadistic
  • anti hero
  • hunger

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Behind the camera

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PhysicalDVD4 Sept 2001
    • TheatricalNRLos Angeles, California9 Sept 2012
    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York Film Forum8 Dec 2012
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical24 Sept 1969
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1227 Jan 1969
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical18West Germany21 Feb 1969
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalRome22 Nov 1968
    • TheatricalTurin7 Dec 1968
    • TheatricalMilan13 Dec 1968
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical6 Sept 1969
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalDen Haag9 May 1969
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical24 Sept 1970
    • Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa24 Feb 2003
    • Theatrical (limited)M/12Cinemateca Portuguesa11 Jul 2025
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1510 Feb 1969
    • PhysicalDVD12 Sept 2008

Frequently asked questions

The Great Silence was released on 22 November 1968.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    3/9/2017

    7/10

    For all I know he is the devil. The Great Silence is directed by Sergio Corbucci and Corbucci co- writes the screenplay with Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci and Vittoriano Petrilli. It stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Vonetta McGee and Mario Brega. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti. Snowhill, Utah - Winter at the turn of the century, and th…

  • W

    Wuchak

    11/29/2021

    7/10

    _**Killers in the snow of the (Italian) Old West**_ In 1898, a mute gunfighter called Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) comes to a snowy town in northern Utah where ruthless bounty hunters clash with fugitives in the hills. He accepts a job from a widow (Vonetta McGee) to take out Loco (Klaus Kinski), the man who slew her husband. Directed & co-written by Sergio Corbucci, “The Great Silence” (1968) ranks with …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/4/2023

    7/10

    Set against a really effective wintry, hostile, background this tells the story of revenge - and that's always best served cold! A woman "Pauline" (Vonetta McGee) and her family are the victims of unscrupulous bandits. Bent of avenging their heinous behaviour, she hires an equally ruthless and deadly enforcer of her own (Jean-Louis Trintignant) to even the score. This anonymous, mute, gunman is very adept at settling…

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