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The Silence of the Sea (1949)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Overview

In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.

Length 87 minutes

Actors

Howard Vernon | Nicole Stéphane | Jean-Marie Robain | Ami Aaröe | Georges Patrix | Denis Sadier | Rudelle | Max Fromm | Claude Vernier | Max Hermann | Fritz Schmiedel