Le Silence de la mer (1949) YTS - Download Yify Movie

Reviewed by Christopher B 10 / 10

Le Silence de la Mer was often called

Le Silence de la Mer was often called an anti-cinematic film by it's aspiring new Director, Jean-Pierre Melville. He went outside the film industry in order to make the film and didn't even have the rights to the source material when he filmed it. The film itself is one in which a lot happens and is narrated by the German officer and his interactions with a French man and his daughter, with whom he lodges. The German's are invading France and while under occupation they are stuck with this German officer with whom is very outspoken. While most of what the officer says is simply concerning music, art, cultures, other topics include philosophical observations and ideals. The man and his daughter are silent the entire film as this officer goes on and on and it's only out of defiance they maintain their silence. Near the end of the film the officer is finally awakened to the true cruelty of the Nazi party and his superiors views and it's this that enlightens him and he decides to depart to the front lines, disenchanted and dumbfounded. We hear the daughter utter goodbye to him, the first and only word spoken to him in the entire film. Le Silence de la Mer or The Silence of the Sea is very simplistic, both in it's filming technique and it's characters but it's entirely lyrical and thought provoking in it's subject matter. This is one of the only films in which the French resistance is shown and the German officers, at least some of them, are not all shown as monstrous brainwashed machines. Granted, our central character is the only one that isn't a true monster but this depiction is what I believe to be honest and true as not every single one could have been so heartless. Certainly the film shows their crimes and terrible inhuman ideals but also that not every one was truly in the know about Hitler's true intentions, at least outside the inner circle. The film was not only beautiful but also showed something rarely seen and had a profound effect on many other French directors afterwards, including Robert Bresson and Alain Resnais. While mostly lost on the American audiences, the film was well received in its native country and was prolific as the debut film of Melville. This was a pleasure to watch and truly an eye opening and inspiring film.

Reviewed by s r 8 / 10

It was good, but slow. A cultured Nazi

It was good, but slow. A cultured Nazi soldier living with a French family struggles to come to terms with the occupation.

Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

Melville's first but one of his more cleanly

Melville's first but one of his more cleanly crafted films that, as usual, is no match for Army of Shadows, but still among the most insightful into the shrouded humanity of German soldiers, and a painful reminder of the Holocaust.

Le Silence de la mer

1949 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Romance / War

Le Silence de la mer

1949 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Romance / War

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Le Silence de la Mer was often called

It was good, but slow. A cultured Nazi

Melville's first but one of his more cleanly

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