The Silence (1963)

BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

7.5 / 10 (413 votes)

Release date

September 23, 1963

Runtime

1h 35m

Language

SV

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Status

Released