Filmul reprezinta naratiunea unui ofiter german din timpul ww2 incartiruit in casa unui batranel francez care locuieste impreuna cu nepoata intrun mic orasel. Howard vernon celebrity profile check out the latest howard vernon photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Most of the film is confined to the living room of a bourgeois french family. The transfer comes from a highdefinition scan of a 35mm finegrain. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. And although the film is strongly antinazi, a german officer ultimately emerges as a heroic figure. Quizlet is a lightning fast way to learn vocabulary. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the nazis and the. Also this moc dvd has an excellent transfer, and the extras are really interesting with jeanette vincendeau introducing melville as a film maker.
Its a film the more i think about it i like more, even as its not as impressive as melvilles later crime films. Vernons performance is flawless and never fails to draw you in. Melvilles extraordinary first feature, an adaptation of vercors classic novella about the french resistance, is in effect a triangular drama in. Keeping quiet about the criterions mustown bluray release of melvilles film would be tantamount to committing a cinephilic war crime. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the nazis and the officer.
Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the nazis commandeer a house. The plot is the word used to describe what happens in the book. With howard vernon, nicole stephane, jeanmarie robain, ami aaroe. Keanu reeves kills everybody in breathtakingly violent sequel. Special thanks to tv5monde, now streaming the best of frenchlanguage films online with sling tv. A very ballsy debut film from jeanpierre melville, this is a very risky film to make, especially as your first film but he definitely pulled it off. The metaphorical tact of the title is representative of the work. It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller. Clandestinely written in 1942 during the nazi occupation of france and furtively distributed, it captured the spirit of the moment, and quickly became a staple of.
One of hollywoods best action franchises gets bigger. 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. As the officer delivers idealistic monologues about a new europe, he gradually realises how absurd such a belief can be. 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. The silence of the sea is a 1949 film by jeanpierre melville. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the nazis and the officer, the uncle.
Fetching contributors cannot retrieve contributors at this time. Art history dance film and tv music theater view all. Jeanpierre melvilles the silence of the sea returns wsj. An english language adaptation called the silence of the sea was transmitted by the bbc tv service on 7 june 1946 as part of their first evenings programming following the resumption of tv broadcasting after the end of world war ii. Gledajte online film besplatno na 720p 1080p hd videozapisima sa radne povrsine, prijenosnog racunala, prijenosnog racunala, tableta, iphonea, ipada, mac pro i jos vise. The film is very well made, actually one of melvilles better films. These are the films bare essentials, but melvilles first feature is one of. Sorry again that it is a film nobody has seen, but please, please, please add it to your lists.