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Quick Facts

DirectorJean-Pierre Melville

Runtime1h 27m

GenresDrama · War

Release1949-04-22

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Film

The Silence of the Sea

Name: The Silence of the Sea
Released: 1949-04-22

1949· 1h 27m· Drama· War

In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorJean-Pierre Melville

ScreenplayJean-Pierre Melville

Director of PhotographyHenri Decaë

Original Music ComposerEdgar Bischoff

EditorHenri Decaë

Full cast & crew (11 cast · 14 crew)

Details

Released1949-04-22

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

StudiosMelville Productions · Organisation Générale Cinématographique

LanguagesEnglish · French · German

CountriesFrance

Rating7.5/10 · 141 votes

Original languagefr

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