The Silence (1963)

Tystnaden

BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!

96 min★ 7.7 · 22,951 votes

• Drama

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.

Release date

September 23, 1963

Country of origin

Sweden