The Silence of the Sea

Name: The Silence of the Sea
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Released: 1949
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe, Georges Patrix

1949 · 87 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 5,917 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Pierre Melville

Overview

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 526 lines

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00:01:03 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA

00:05:58 they armed with my carpenter bank and a hole that they made in the wall

00:11:47 She/he said

00:14:40 Their eyes were nailed in my niece's profile

00:17:04 the snow forms a fitting in them

00:19:57 I think as she/he made it my father, that the sun will shine in Europe

00:22:08 with supreme monotony, sometimes immobile, against the chimney

00:24:12 But in music we are us. Bach, Haendel

00:28:15 You will also have made it

00:30:15 She/he reread it unceasingly, she/he made me cry

00:35:09 That is also a road to reach the truth

00:37:19 that it felt for her before knowing it and the love that grew

00:39:08 I don't like them to live, only Praga that has more soul.

00:43:18 They are this way our politicians, for that reason never I united to them

00:46:05 It is the end, the might of Macbeth she/he is escaped from the fingers.

00:47:57 The train of Paris.

00:51:36 The presence of a guest it is revealed by diverse signs

00:55:48 and a deep sadness. After their departure

00:58:38 Which they were that night, the commandments of the dignity?

01:07:19 I am surprised their point of view.

01:08:45 for their stomach, for their industry and their trade

01:13:00 One of them was my friend. She/he was my brother.

01:15:10 In the crossroad, they tell us: take that road!

01:22:20 Subtitulos Oski!

Cast & Characters

Howard Vernon Werner von Ebrennac Nicole Stéphane La nièce Jean-Marie Robain L'oncle Ami Aaröe La fiancée Georges Patrix L'ordonnance Denis Sadier L'ami Rudelle L'Allemand Max Fromm L'Allemand Claude Vernier L'Allemand Max Hermann L'Allemand

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed526

Dialogue density6.0 lines / min

First line00:01:03

Final line01:22:20

Production Record

DirectorJean-Pierre Melville

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes5,917