The Silence (1963)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 95 min · Drama, Romance
40.6 TOPICAL score · #2,626 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Silence (1963, directed by Ingmar Bergman) has a TOPICAL score of 40.6 - ranked 2,626 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (412 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (412 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read4,998 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Ingrid Thulin (actor #381), Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg