DVD
Le silence de la mer
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In French and German, with English subtitles.
Performers
Howard Vernon, Nicole Stephane, Jean-Marie Robain, Georges Patrix, Ami Aaröe, Denis Sadier.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (87 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A cultured, naively idealistic German officer is billeted in the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece; their response to his presence--their only form of resistance--is complete silence.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Vercors.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Special features: New high-definition digital restoration ; the short 24 hours in the life of a clown (1946), director Jean-Pierre Melville's first film ; new interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau ; Code name Melville (2008), a 76-minute documentary on Melville's time in the French Resistance and his films about it ; Melville steps out of the shadows (2010), a 42-minute documentary about Le silence de la mer ; interview with Melville from 1959 ; new English subtitle translation.