Le silence de la mer [videorecording] / Jean-Pierre Melville.
Published
[s.l.] : MKS Video : Distributed by Water Bearer Films, 1997.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Based on the novel of the same title by Vercors.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
French with English subtitles.
Summary
Set in occupied France during World War II, an old man and his beutiful niece are forced to endure the presence of a Nazi officer. Vowing never to speak to the invader, the couple listen in silence as the officer pours out his ideas and feelings about music, war and his love of France.