--- title: 'Le Silence de la mer (1947)' type: 'film' director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville' released: '1947-01-01' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-silence-de-la-mer-1947' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039822/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Le Silence de la mer (1947) 1947 · 88 min · Drama · France ## Synopsis Le Silence de la mer is a 1949 French war drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, in his directorial debut. Adapted from the 1942 novella of the same name written by Vercors. Set during the Second World War in occupied France, the story concerns the relationship of a Frenchman and his niece with a German lieutenant who is billetted in their house. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville) - **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville) - **Producer:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville) - **Editor:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville), [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae) - **Original Music Composer:** [Edgar Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-bischoff) - **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae) ## Cast - [Jean-Marie Robain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-robain) - [Amy Aaröe](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-aaroe) - [Max Fromm](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-fromm) - [Howard Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-vernon) - [Georges Patrix](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-patrix) - [Max Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-hermann) - [Denis Sadier](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-sadier) - [Claude Vernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-vernier) - [Rudelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudelle) - [Fritz Schmiedel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-schmiedel) - [Nicole Stéphane](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-stephane) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-silence-de-la-mer-1947 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3227188); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.