The Silence DVD (Region 0)

Following Through a Glass Darkly and Winter Light, The Silence is the most abstract entry in the trilogy, a somewhat eerie story of two sisters, Esther (Ingrid Thulin) and Anna (Gunnel Lindblom), and the latter's son (Jörgen Lindström), all traveling by train to Sweden but forced to stay in a foreign country when Esther's chronic bronchial problems require her to rest. A stifling atmosphere, a desolate hotel, encounters with a troupe of carnival dwarves, Anna's anchoring illness, and an empty sexual encounter for Esther underscore the unnerving feeling that God has abandoned these characters to dubious salvation in their own connection. A highly memorable film. --Tom Keogh ... (more) (less)

Ingmar Bergman

Ingrid Thulin

Eskil Kalling

Lissi Alandh

Olof Widgren

Eduardo Gutiérrez

Leif Forstenberg

Nils Waldt

Karl-Arne Bergman

Kristina Olausson

Jörgen Lindström