The Silence of the Sea

Original title: Le Silence de la mer

1949 ★ 7.5 87 min IMDb French Jean-Pierre Melville

Where to Watch

Criterion Channel

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.

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