The Silence
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The Silence

(1963)Directed by Ingmar Bergman95 minDrama, Romance
“BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!”

Ester (Ingrid Thulin) is a sickly translator traveling home through an unnamed country on the brink of war, with her sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) and Anna's young son Johan. The three check into a near-empty hotel, where Anna takes up with a local man and Johan wanders the corridors alone. Ingmar Bergman leaves the sisters unable to talk to each other, and with a war closing in, one of them is ill enough that the stay may be her last.

Birger Malmstenas Bartender
HJHåkan Jahnbergas Hotel Steward
Kotti Chaveas Officer in the Train Compartment
Lissi Alandhas Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Leif Forstenbergas Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
Eskil Kallingas Bar Owner (uncredited)
Karl-Arne Bergmanas Paperboy (uncredited)
Olof Huddén
Claes Esphagen