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Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 1949 French drama film by Jean-Pierre Melville, [1][2][3] his directorial debut. [4] It is based on the 1942 book of the same name written by Vercors (the pen name of Jean Bruller).
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The Silence of the Sea: Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe. In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- 1949-04-22
Le Silence de la Mer, a French–Belgian TV adaptation, was directed by Pierre Boutron and screened in 2004. In 2013, a new English version by Anthony Weigh was staged at the Trafalgar Studios theatre in London as part of the Donmar Trafalgar season, starring Leo Bill, Simona Bitmate, and Finbar Lynch. Simon Evans directed. [5]
- Vercors
- 1942
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville • 1949 • France. Starring Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain. Jean-Pierre Melville began his superb feature filmmaking career with this powerful adaptation of an influential underground novel written during the Nazi occupation of France.
Le Silence de la Mer is an evocative title for an atmospheric film suffused in quiet sorrow. Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon), a high ranking German soldier arrives in an occupied French village to take up residence in the family home of an uncle (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stephane).
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- Jean-Pierre Melville
Le silence de la mer. Jean-Pierre Melville began his superb feature filmmaking career with this powerful adaptation of an influential underground novel written during the Nazi occupation of France.
LE SILENCE DE LA MER. France, 1949. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Howard Vernon. In French with English subtitles. Approx. 87 minutes. DCP. Billeted in a village home, “good German” Wehrmacht officer Howard Vernon gets the silent treatment, but still discourses on his deep cultural Francophilia — but there’s a bitter ...
