The Silence

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Guldbagge Awards 1964 - Won - Best Actress

Guldbagge Awards 1964 - Won - Best Director

Guldbagge Awards 1964 - Won - Best Film

The Silence

Director:
Ingmar Bergman
95 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Two sisters - the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) - travel by train with Anna's young son Johan (Jorgen Lindstrom) to a foreign country seemingly on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to their personal vices while vying for Johan's affection, and in so doing sabotage any hope for a future together. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day, Ingmar Bergman's The Silence offers a brilliant, disturbing vision of emotional isolation in a suffocating spiritual void.

Available only as part of the A Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman Box Set.

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Details

Runtime:
95 min.

Country:
SWEDEN

Language:
Swedish

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New high-definition digital transfer
  • Exploring the film: Video discussion with Ingmar Bergman biographer Peter Cowie
  • Poster gallery for the trilogy films
  • Essay by film scholar Leo Braudy
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
  • New and improved English subtitle translation

 

 

 

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