The Silence

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.

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  Ingmar Bergman

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  Ingrid Thulin
  Ester
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  Gunnel Lindblom
  Anna
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  Birger Malmsten
  Bartender
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  Håkan Jahnberg
  Hotel Steward
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  Jörgen Lindström
  Johan
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  Kotti Chave
  Officer in the Train Compartment
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  Lissi Alandh
  Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
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  Leif Forstenberg
  Man in Variety Hall (uncredited)
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  Eskil Kalling
  Bar Owner (uncredited)
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  Karl-Arne Bergman
  Paperboy (uncredited)
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  Carl Andersson
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  Olof Huddén
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  Claes Esphagen