The Silence
Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom)—travel by train with Anna’s young son, Johan (Jörgen Lindström), to a foreign country that appears to be on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, each sister is left to her own vices while they vie for Johan’s affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their relationship. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day, Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence offers a disturbing vision of emotional isolation in a suffocating spiritual void.
Special Features
- On the DVD: High-definition digital transfer
- On the Blu-ray: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (Blu-ray only)
- Interview from 2003 with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Poster gallery for the films of the trilogy
- With the DVD: Essay by film scholar Leo Braudy
- Original U.S. theatrical trailer
- Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
Available In
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Special Features
- On the DVD: High-definition digital transfer
- On the Blu-ray: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (Blu-ray only)
- Interview from 2003 with film scholar Peter Cowie
- Poster gallery for the films of the trilogy
- With the DVD: Essay by film scholar Leo Braudy
- Original U.S. theatrical trailer
- Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
Cast
- Ingrid Thulin
- Ester
- Gunnel Lindblom
- Anna
- Jörgen Lindström
- Johan
- Birger Malmsten
- Bartender
- Håkan Jahnberg
- Hotel waiter
- Eduardo Gutiérrez and The Eduardinis
- The little people
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Editor
- Ulla Ryghe
- Assistant director
- Lenn Hjortzberg
- Assistant director
- Lars-Erik Liedholm
- Art director
- P. A. Lundgren
- Production manager
- Allan Ekelund
- Music composed by
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Music composed by
- Robert Mersey
- Music composed by
- Ivan Renliden
- Sound
- Stig Flodin
- Sound
- Bo Leverén
- Sound
- Tage Sjöborg
- Mixing
- Olle Jakobsson
- Costume
- Marik Vos-Lundh
- Makeup
- Börje Lundh
- Unit manager
- Lars-Owe Carlberg
- Script continuity
- Faragó Katinka
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A scene from The Silence
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