| Le Silence de la Mer | |
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| 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 |
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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