Le Silence de la Mer 1949 Movie

1941 in a small town in Nazi occupied France. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the Nazis commandeer a house for one of their officers, Lt. Werner von ... More details

Directors

Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast

Howard Vernon Nicole Stéphane Jean-Marie Robain

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drama romance war reference to rene descartes france niece nazi small town silence german officer composer nazi occupied france fire knocking on a door elderly man young woman triumphal arch harmonium coffee drinking kiss on the forehead childhood memory military salute statue horse rider breakfast playing guitar singing reference to god cruelty to animal speaking german subtitles notre dame cathedral paris close up of hands close up of eyes picture of hitler dog snow spring winter anatole france quotation reference to beauty and the beast reference to marshal petain reference to henri bergson reference to charles peguy reference to marcel proust reference to george frideric handel reference to wolfgang amadeus mozart reference to ludwig van beethoven reference to aristide briand reference to stendhal reference to blaise pascal reference to theophile gautier reference to goethe reference to montaigne reference to rabelais reference to corneille reference to baudelaire reference to balzac reference to francois fenelon dignity enemy reference to adolf hitler treblinka ss officer final solution voice over inner thoughts paris france chartres france first person narration french literature reference to the age of enlightenment reference to victor hugo impossible love reference to shakespeare's macbeth reference to william shakespeare reference to cervantes reference to dante reference to richard wagner reference to voltaire reference to jean racine reference to moliere reference to johann sebastian bach knitting angel organ playing living room soliloquy passive resistance passiveness pipe smoking fire in fireplace fireplace uncle niece relationship limp clock ticking literary quote literary narration literary adaptation credits open on turning book pages title appears in writing title same as book year 1941 based on short story german soldier 1940s voice over voice over narration very little dialogue world war two french resistance based on book

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