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The Silence of the Sea
APR 22, 1949 · 87 MIN · DIR. JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE
DramaWar
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
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director of Photography
Henri Decaë
Editor
Jean-Pierre Melville
Editor
Henri Decaë
Original Music Composer
Edgar Bischoff
