The Silence

The Silence (Tystnaden) (1963) "The Silence" is about the emotional distance between two sisters. The younger one is still attractive enough to pick up a lover in a strange city. The older one -- even though she is very ill -- would like to make a human connection also but cannot leave the hotel room. Traveling with the sisters is a small boy who escapes into the hotel, meets a troupe of dwarfs. Which sister is this little boy's mother? ??Dale O'Connor Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominationsWorldwide Gross: $5,936Soundtrack: THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (Music by Johann Sebastian Bach)Ingmar BergmanIngrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten1964-02-03 (Sweden)tt0057611