Le Silence de la mer

1h 27m
DramaWar
7.5

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.

Cast

Howard Vernon
Werner von Ebrennac
Nicole Stéphane
La Nièce
Jean-Marie Robain
L'Oncle
Amy Aaröe
La Fiancée
Georges Patrix
L'Ordonnance
Denis Sadier
L'Ami
Rudelle
L'Allemand
Max Fromm
L'Allemand
Claude Vernier
L'Allemand
Max Hermann
L'Allemand
Fritz Schmiedel
L'Allemand

Crew

Jean-Pierre Melville
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay, Editor, Executive Producer
Vercors
Novel
Henri Decaë
Editor, Director of Photography
Jacques Guymont
First Assistant Director
Michel Drach
Second Assistant Director
Jacques Carrère
Sound
Edgar Bischoff
Original Music Composer
Edmond Vaxelaire
Production Manager
Marcel Cartier
Delegated Producer

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