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.

• Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
• Ivan RenlidenOriginal Music Composer
• Ingmar BergmanDirector

• Ingrid ThulinEster
• Gunnel LindblomAnna
• Birger MalmstenBartender
• Håkan JahnbergHotel Steward
• Jörgen LindströmJohan
• Kotti ChaveOfficer in the Train Compartment
• Lissi AlandhWoman in Variety Hall (uncredited)
• Leif ForstenbergMan in Variety Hall (uncredited)
• Eskil KallingBar Owner (uncredited)
• Karl-Arne BergmanPaperboy (uncredited)
• Carl AnderssonCast
• Olof HuddénCast