Le silence de la mer = The silence of the sea
(DVD)
Contributors
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, film director,
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990, presenter.
Cartier, Marcel, film producer.
Vernon, Howard, 1914-1996, actor.
Stéphane, Nicole, 1928-2007, actor.
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990, presenter.
Cartier, Marcel, film producer.
Vernon, Howard, 1914-1996, actor.
Stéphane, Nicole, 1928-2007, actor.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781604659870, 1604659874
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters Library - Adult Video | DVD FOREIGN SIL | Reshelving |
| Newberry Branch - Adult Video | DVD FOREIGN SIL | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anti-Nazi movement -- France -- Drama.
Anti-Nazi movement -- France.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Motion pictures -- France .
Soldiers -- Billeting -- France -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Billeting -- France.
Vercors, -- 1902-1991 -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
Anti-Nazi movement -- France.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Motion pictures -- France .
Soldiers -- Billeting -- France -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Billeting -- France.
Vercors, -- 1902-1991 -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
French
ISBN
9781604659870, 1604659874
UPC
715515145015
Notes
General Note
From the novel by Vercors (Jean Marcel Bruller).
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
General Note
Special features: Disc 2: 24 hours in the life of a clown (1946, Melville's seventeen-minute first film); Melville steps out of the shadows (2010, a 42-minute documentary about Le Silence De La Mer); Code name Melville (2008, a 76-minute documentary on Melville's time in the French Resistance and his films about it); Ginette Vincendeau (new interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau about the film); Cinépanorama (interview with Melville aired on the April 18, 1959 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama, conducted by François Chalais). Booklet includes essay "Stranger in the House" by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a selection from Rui Nogueira's 1971 book Melville on Melville.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Henri Decae ; music, Edgar Bischoff ; Grand Orchestre des Concerts Colonne ; conductor, Paul Bonneau ; production director, Edmond Vaxelaire.
Participants/Performers
Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe, Georges Patrix, Denis Sadier.
Description
1941. An idealistic, naive German officer in Nazi occupied France is assigned to the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece. Their response to his presence - their only form of resistance - is complete silence.
Target Audience
[Not rated].
System Details
DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In French and German with English subtitles.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Melville, J., Braunberger, P., Cartier, M., Vernon, H., Stéphane, N., Robain, J. (., Aaröe, A., Patrix, G., Sadier, D., Decae, H., Bischoff, E., Bonneau, P., Vaxelaire, E., Vincendeau, G., Chalais, F., O'Brien, G., Nogueira, R., & Vercors. (2015). Le silence de la mer =: The silence of the sea (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jean-Pierre Melville et al.. 2015. Le Silence De La Mer =: The Silence of the Sea. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jean-Pierre Melville et al.. Le Silence De La Mer =: The Silence of the Sea The Criterion Collection, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Melville, Jean-Pierre, et al. Le Silence De La Mer =: The Silence of the Sea Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2015.
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