Le silence de la mer film 1947

It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller published clandestinely under the pen name vercors. Also this moc dvd has an excellent transfer, and the extras are really interesting with jeanette vincendeau introducing melville as a. It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the nazis commandeer a house for one of their officers, lt. Edited with an introduction and a vocabulary by henri peyre. The book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against german occupiers. Not only is there nearconstant voiceover narration, but the firstperson narrator often describes actions taking place onscreen at that very moment.

Published secretly in germanoccupied paris, the book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against german occupiers. Jeanpierre melville began his career with this powerful adaptation of an underground novel written during the nazi occupation of france. Oceny, recenzje, obsada, dyskusje wiadomosci, zwiastuny, ciekawostki oraz galeria. It tells of how an old man and his niece show resistance against the german.

For most of the film, a german officer talks to a frenchman and his niece about his life, his taste in the arts, and professes his admiration for french culture, all. The silence of the sea is a 1949 film by jeanpierre melville. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between france. Jeanpierre melville hit the ground running with a moving debut, le. Though the film, made in 1947, was not released until two years later.

Le film a ete tourne en 1947 mais nest sorti quen 1949. The metaphorical tact of the title is representative of the work. Melvilles extraordinary first feature, an adaptation of vercors classic novella about the french resistance, is in effect a triangular drama in. The film is very well made, actually one of melvilles better films. Sentito esordio dietro alla macchina da presa di jeanpierre melville. Most of the film is confined to the living room of a bourgeois french. Beide verhalen lopen samen en dat vormt een verrijking ten opzichte van deze versie. It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the. Made in 1947 and released two years later, le silence was adapted from a. They did, although the movie, made in 1947 under neorealist. An idealistic german officer is assigned to the home of a middleaged man and his grown niece. Melvilles extraordinary first feature, an adaptation of vercors classic novella about the french resistance, is in effect a triangular drama in which two peop. He went outside the film industry in order to make the film and didnt even have. In the book, vercors tells of how an old man and his niece show resistance against the german occupiers by not speaking to the.