The Silence

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.

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  Ingrid Thulin

  Ester
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  Gunnel Lindblom

  Anna
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  Birger Malmsten

  Bartender
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  Jörgen Lindström

  Johan
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  Kotti Chave

  Officer in the Train Compartment
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  Lissi Alandh

  Woman in Variety Hall (uncredited)