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Released
1949 · FILM

The Silence of the Sea

Runtime
87 min
Language
FR
DramaRomanceWar
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

During World War II in a small French town, a German officer is stationed in the home of an elderly man and his niece, who actively resist the occupation by avoiding any interaction with him. Despite their resistance, the officer engages them in open conversations about his personal life and his aspirations for the future of both France and Germany.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Henri DecaeScored by Edgar Bischoff

Also known as

  • Das Schweigen des Meeresde
  • El silencio del mares
  • Il silenzio del mareit

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