The Silence

• 7.5 Drama
• 1963-09-23
• 95 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Ingrid Thulin (Ester) Gunnel Lindblom (Anna) Birger Malmsten (Bartender) Håkan Jahnberg (Hotel Steward) Jörgen Lindström (Johan) Kotti Chave (Officer in the Train Compartment) Lissi Alandh (Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)) Leif Forstenberg (Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)) Eskil Kalling (Bar Owner (uncredited)) Karl-Arne Bergman (Paperboy (uncredited))

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writer:

Ingmar Bergman