The Silence

1963 · 1h35 · Film

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Starring Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg, Jörgen Lindström, Kotti Chave, Lissi Alandh, Leif Forstenberg, Eskil Kalling, Karl-Arne Bergman

Ideal when you feel… Romantic

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.

Original title

Tystnaden

Original language

Swedish

Screenplay

Ingmar Bergman

Music

Ivan Renliden

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Cast

Håkan Jahnberg, Jörgen Lindström, Kotti Chave, Lissi Alandh, Leif Forstenberg, Eskil Kalling, Karl-Arne Bergman, Carl Andersson, Olof Huddén

Updated July 22, 2026

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