Synopsis
Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and the sensual, pragmatic Anna (Gunnel Lindblom)—travel by train with Anna’s young son Johan (Jorgen Lindstrom) to a foreign country seemingly on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to their personal vices while vying for Johan’s affection, and in so doing sabotage any hope for a future together. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day, Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence offers a brilliant, disturbing vision of emotional isolation in a suffocating spiritual void.
Cast
| Ester | Ingrid Thulin |
| Anna | Gunnel Lindblom |
| Johan | Jörgen Lindström |
| Bartender | Birger Malmsten |
| Hotel waiter | Håkan Jahnberg |
| The little people | Eduardo Gutierrez |
| The Eduardinis |
Credits
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Written and directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Assistant director | Lenn Hjortzberg and Lars-Erik Liedholm |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Assistant photographer | Rolf Holmqvist and Peter Wester |
| Production manager | Lars-Owe Carlberg |
| Editing | Ulla Ryghe |
| Sound | Stig Flodin, Bo Leverén and Tage Sjöborg |
| Music | Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Mersey and Ivan Renliden |
| Mixing | Olle Jakobsson |
| Sets | P.A. Lundgren |
| Makeup | Börje Lundh |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer
- Exploring the film: Video discussion with Ingmar Bergman biographer Peter Cowie
- Poster gallery for the trilogy films
- Essay by film scholar Leo Braudy
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitle translation
From the Current
The Silence
by Aug 18, 2003Two women, Anna and Ester, accompanied by Johan, Anna’s ten-year-old-son, travel slowly through the night by train into a foreign country that seems to be at war. They are sisters, it will turn out, perhaps lovers. We will never discover the reason for their journey, to a place where the inhabitants . . .
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