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The Great Silence
Il grande silenzio
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
1968•1h 47m•R•★ 7.5
Action / Drama / Western
Synopsis
In the snow-choked winter mountains of Utah during the blizzard of 1898, a mute gunfighter nicknamed Silence—whose vocal cords were severed by bounty hunters as a child—uses a semi-automatic Mauser C96 pistol to defend a group of starving outlaws and a vengeful widow against a sadistic gang of legal bounty killers. Sergio Corbucci's pitch-black, subversive revisionist Spaghetti Western masterpiece starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski with Ennio Morricone's haunting score.
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DirectorSergio Corbucci
WriterSergio CorbucciMario AmendolaBruno CorbucciVittoriano Petrilli
CinematographySilvano Ippoliti
MusicEnnio Morricone
Principal Cast
Jean-Louis TrintignantSilence
Klaus KinskiTigrero
Frank WolffSheriff Gideon Corbett
Luigi PistilliHenry Pollicut
Mario BregaMartin
Marisa MerliniRegina
Maria MizarBlonde Saloon Girl
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Carlo D'AngeloUtah GovernorTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 47m (107 mins)
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DirectorSergio Corbucci
LanguagesItalian, French
CountryIT, FR
StudioDora Film • Les Films Corona
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