Le Silence de la mer (film)

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Le Silence de la Mer
Directed by	Jean-Pierre Melville
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Melville Edmond Vaxelaire
Written by	Jean-Pierre Melville Jean Bruller (as Vercors)
Starring	Howard Vernon Nicole Stéphane Jean-Marie Robain
Music by	Edgar Bischoff
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Editing by	Jean-Pierre Melville
Distributed by	Pierre Braunberger
Release date(s)	22 April, 1949
Running time	88 mins
Country	France
Language	French
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Le Silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea) is a 1949 film by Jean-Pierre Melville that takes place in 1941 and concerns a Frenchman and his niece's relationship with a German lieutenant who lives in their house during the German occupation of France. Melville based the film on the 1942 book of the same name, Le Silence de la mer by Jean Bruller (under the name Vercors) and actually filmed inside of Vercors' own home outside of Paris. The film has been described as an "anti-cinematographic" film due to the unique method of narration used to give voice to the (mostly) silent Frenchman and his niece.

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• Le Silence de la mer at the Internet Movie Database

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