It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller. With julie delarme, michel galabru, thomas jouannet, marie bunel. All the while, he makes no expectations from them, either to listen, or to answer if they are. The silence of the sea is a 1949 film by jeanpierre melville. With howard vernon, nicole stephane, jeanmarie robain, ami aaroe. Most of the film is confined to the living room of a bourgeois french. Brullers narrative took its point of departure from his own circumstances following frances defeat in 1940. The story takes place in 1941 during world war ii, and concerns the relationship of a frenchman and. A novel of french resistance during the second world war by vercors. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by her grandfather. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the nazis and the. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the nazis commandeer a. It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the.
A novel of french resistance during the second world war by vercors by james w. A second englishlanguage tv adaptation was broadcast by the bbc in 1981, and a stage version by john crowther was performed by the heywood society in the theatre at peterhouse, cambridge in 1985, with the presumably ironic title. The silence of the sea is a 2004 frenchbelgian tv drama film directed by pierre boutron, based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller published clandestinely under the pen name vercors, and starring thomas jouannet, julie delarme and michel galabru. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the nazis and the officer, the uncle and niece do. 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 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.
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