The Silence of the Sea

• Le Silence de la mer
• Drama, War
• France
• 1949
• Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
• 87 min
• 35mm
• Original Version with english Subtitles
• with Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Amy Aaröe

In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany. That is, until he visits Paris and discovers what is really going on...

Loan of the film print with kind support of Institut Français.