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'''The Great Silence''' (''Il Grande Silenzio'': Italy, France [[:Category:1968|1968]]) was directed by [[Sergio Corbucci]] and is one of the very few spaghetti westerns that take place in the snow. The film stars [[Klaus Kinski]], [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]], [[Vonetta McGee]] and [[Frank Wolff]]. ''[[Essential Top 20 Films|Ranks 4th on our Top 20]].''
'''Il grande silenzio''' (Italy · France, [[:Category:1968|1968]]) was directed by [[Sergio Corbucci]] and is one of the very few spaghetti westerns that take place in the snow. The film stars French actor [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]] as the mute anti-hero.
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===<i class="fas fa-language fa-xs"></i> Also known as===
The Great Silence (USA) | Le Grand Silence (France) | The Big Silence (UK) | Leichen pflastern seinen Weg (Germany) | O Grande Silencio (Portugal) | O silencio da morte (Brazil) | O Vingador Silencioso (Brazil) | Człowiek zwany Ciszą (Poland) | Człowiek zwany milczeniem (Poland) | Suuri hiljaisuus (Finland) | Suuri hiljainen (Finland) | Den tyste hämnaren (Sweden) | O ekdikitis tou diavolou (Greece) | El Gran Silencio (Argentina) | Velký klid (Czechoslovakia) | Velké ticho (Czech Republic) | A halál csöndje (Hungary) | سکوت مطلق (Iran) | 殺しが静かにやって来る (Japan)</div>
    <div class="col-md-6 order-md-1 float-md-left">[[File:THE-GREAT-SILENCE_US_POSTER.jpg|class=img-fluid|The Great Silence movie poster|link=]]</div>
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* <i class="fab fa-youtube"></i> [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
* <i class="far fa-file-alt"></i> [[The Great Silence – The Alternative Ending]]
* <i class="fas fa-comments"></i> [http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/the-great-silence-1968-corbucci/122 Forum Topic]
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===<i class="fas fa-paragraph fa-xs"></i> Synopsis ===
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Silence (Trintignant) is a mute gunfighter with a sense for justice. He is hired by a woman (McGee) whose husband has been killed to take revenge on Loco (Kinski), one of the bounty hunters hired to hunt down homeless poor around Snow Hill. A new sheriff (Wolff) and the local judge (Luigi Pistilli) make the matter a little complicated.
*'''Runtime:''' 105 min
 
*'''Release date:''' 19.11.1968
===<i class="fas fa-user-tag fa-xs"></i> Credits ===
* '''Releases:''' [[/DVD|DVD]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[/LD|LaserDisc]] | [[/OST|Soundtrack]]
*'''Cast''' (Italian)''':''' [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]] (Gordon / Silence), [[:Category:Klaus_Kinski|Klaus Kinski]] (Tigrero / Loco), [[:Category:Frank_Wolff|Frank Wolff]] (Sheriff Gideon Burnett/Corbett), [[:Category:Luigi_Pistilli|Luigi Pistilli]] (Henry Pollicut), [[:Category:Mario_Brega|Mario Brega]] (Martin), Carlo D'Angelo (Governor of Utah), Marisa Merlini (Regina, saloon proprietor), Raf Baldassarre (Sanchez / Bobo Schultz), Maria Mizar (blonde saloon girl), Spartaco Conversi (Walter), Marisa Sally (Black-haired saloon girl), Remo De Angelis (Fake sheriff in flashback), Mirella Panfili [as Mirella Pamphili], Vonetta McGee (Pauline Middleton), Jacques Dorfmann [as Jacques Toulouse on French prints] (Miguel)
* '''More''': [[/Pictures|Pictures]] |  [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]] | [http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/the-great-silence-1968-corbucci/122 Forum topic]
*Uncredited actors: Bruno Corazzari (Charlie, bounty killer), Aldo Ralli (deputy playing dice game), Loris Loddi (Silence as a boy), Adriana Giuffré (Silence's mother), Antonio Danesi (stagecoach driver), Mimmo Poli (barman), Pupita Lea Scuderoni (Miguel's mother), Paolo Figlia (Jack, card player), Gianni Di Segni (poker player), Guglielmo Bogliani (Klaus Schultz, card player), Bruno Ukmar (dragged outlaw), Fortunato Arena (outlaw in saloon), Rocco Lerro (outlaw in saloon), Giancarlo Ukmar (outlaw in saloon), Giovanni Ukmar (outlaw in saloon), Sergio Ukmar (bounty killer, opening), Lino Coletta (bounty killer, opening), Claudio Ruffini (Sanchez bounty killer), Clemente Ukmar (Sanchez bounty killer), Virgilio Ponti (Sanchez bounty killer), Franco Ukmar (Sanchez bounty killer w/moustache)
* '''Reviews''': [[The Great Silence Review|Film]] | [[Leichen pflastern seinen Weg DVD Review|Australian DVD (German)]]


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*'''Director:''' Sergio Corbucci
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'''Cast:''' [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]] (Silenzio/Silence), [[:Category:Klaus_Kinski|Klaus Kinski]] (Tigrero/Loco), Vonetta McGee (Pauline Middleton), [[:Category:Frank_Wolff|Frank Wolff]] (Sheriff Gideon Burnett), [[:Category:Luigi_Pistilli|Luigi Pistilli]] (Henry Pollicut), [[:Category:Mario_Brega|Mario Brega]] (Martin), Carlo D'Angelo (Governor of Utah), Marisa Merlini (Regina), Maria Mizar, Marisa Salli, Raf Baldassarre (Sanchez/Schultz), Spartaco Conversi (Walter), Remo De Angelis (false sheriff), Mirella Pamphili (saloon girl), Fortunato Arena (outlaw), Bruno Corazzari (Charlie), Loris Loddi (Silence as a boy), Benito Pacifico (stagecoach driver), Mimmo Poli (barman), Claudio Ruffini (bounty killer), Luciano Rossi (bounty killer), Giulia Salvatori (child on sled), Jacques Toulouse
*'''Story:''' Sergio Corbucci
*'''Story:''' Sergio Corbucci
*'''Screenplay:''' Sergio Corbucci, Vittoriano Petrilli, Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci
*'''Screenplay:''' Sergio Corbucci, Vittoriano Petrilli, Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci
*'''Cinematography:''' Silvano Ippoliti (Eastmancolor 1,85:1)
*'''Cinematography:''' Silvano Ippoliti (Eastmancolor 1.85:1)
*'''Music''' [[Ennio Morricone]]
*'''Music:''' [[Ennio Morricone]]
*'''Editor''' Franco Fraticelli
*'''Conductor:''' [[Bruno Nicolai]]
*'''Art Director and Set Decorator''' Riccardo Domenici
*'''Editor:''' Amedeo Salfa
*'''Costume Designer''' Enrico Job
*'''Art Director and Set Decorator:''' Riccardo Domenici
*'''Producer:''' Attilio Riccio
*'''Costume Designer:''' Enrico Job
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*'''Producers:''' Attilio Riccio, Robert Dorfmann
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*'''Maestro d'armi:''' Bruno Ukmar
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    <p class="title" data-section-title>Synopsis</p>
===<i class="fas fa-gavel fa-xs"></i> Reviews===
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* [[The Great Silence Review|Film Review A]]
Silence (Trintignant) is a mute gunfighter with a sense for justice. He is hired by a woman (McGee) whose husband has been killed to take revenge on Loco (Kinski), one of the bounty hunters hired to hunt down homeless poor around Snow Hill. A new sheriff (Wolff) and the local judge (Luigi Pistilli) make the matter a little complicated.
* [[The Great Silence film review|Film Review B]]
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* [[The Great Silence Review by Len Liu|Film Review C]]
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* [[The Great Silence Review by J.D.|Film Review D]]
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* [[The Great Silence BluRay review|Film and BluRay]] (USA release)
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* [[Leichen pflastern seinen Weg DVD Review|Australian DVD]] (German)
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* [[Leichen pflastern seinen Weg BluRay Kritik|Film und BluRay Kritik]] (German)
The Great Silence (U.S.A.) | Leichen pflastern seinen Weg (Germany) | O Grande Silencio ([[File:Portugal.gif|15px|Portugal]]) | O silencio da morte (Brazil) | O Vingador Silencioso (Brazil) | Człowiek zwany Ciszą (Poland) | Człowiek zwany milczeniem (Poland) | Suuri hiljaisuus (Finland) | Suuri hiljainen (Finland) | Den tyste hämnaren (Sweden) | O ekdikitis tou diavolou (Greece) | El Gran Silencio ([[File:Argentina.jpg|15px|Argentina]]) | Le grand silence (France) | The Big Silence (U.K.) | Velký klid (Czechoslovakia) | Velké ticho (Czech Republic) | A halál csöndje (Hungary) | سکوت مطلق (Iran)
* [[The Great Silence BluRay review (UK)|Film and BluRay]] (UK release)
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===<i class="fas fa-lightbulb fa-xs"></i> Trivia ===
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* The movie was produced by Fox, but Zanuck was unhappy with the ending and the movie was never theatrically released in the USA: Corbucci had to shoot an alternative happy end but deliberately made it unusable, Zanuck was pissed and refused its release.
 
===<i class="fas fa-stopwatch fa-xs"></i> Versions and runtimes===
* '''Runtime:''' 105 min
 
* [http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=446 Schnittbericht zwischen ungeprüft VHS - FSK 18 DVD] auf Schnittberichte.com
 
===<i class="far fa-calendar-alt fa-xs"></i> Release Dates===
* November 19, 1968 (Italy)
 
===<i class="fa fa-map fa-xs"></i> Filming locations===
* Lake Misurina: Cortina d'Ampezzo - Italy - early scenes of Silence on horseback
* Cupellara: Manziana - Italy - flashback scene to Silence as a boy
* Cortina d'Ampezzo: the Snow Hill town set
* San Cassiano Badia: Cortina d'Ampezzo - the Bounty Hunters riding to Snow Hill
 
<gallery mode="nolines">
LakeMisurina.png|Silence on Horseback
Cupellara.png|Silence as a Boy
Cortinad'Ampezzo.png|The Snow Hill Town Set
SanCassianoBadia.png|The Bounty Hunters Riding to Snow Hill
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===<i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-xs"></i> Production and business===
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[[File:THE-GREAT-SILENCE_US_POSTER.jpg]]
===<i class="fas fa-microphone fa-xs"></i> Dubbing===
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===<i class="fas fa-bell"></i> News===
* November 2021: Eureka release in the UK on Bluray.
* April 2018:  Film Movement release in limited theatrical run in the United States. BluRay announced for June. Based on a 2k restoration.
* December 2017: German BluRay released
* April 2017: BluRay announced in Germany for December 8. Based on a different, 2K restoration. No English audio options announced.
* March 2017: Restored version now screening at the Cinemateque Francaise (Italian with French subtitles). [http://www.cinematheque.fr/film/62228.html Link]. "Restored in 4K by the CSC - Cineteca Nazionale of Rome from the sound and image negatives made available by Movietime. The restoration made it possible to recover the alternative end, shot by Corbucci at the request of the producers. It will also be shown. The work was carried out at Laboratoires Augustus Color and Studio Cine in Rome".


===Comments===
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Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci directed this serious-minded populist spin on the spaghetti western, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, whose vocal cords have been slashed by sadistic bounty-hunters. Silence joins with local hillfolk in fighting the corrupt and tyrannical authorities in the town of Snow Hill. Corbucci's sympathies are clearly with his bandit heroes, who are only doing what they must to survive, while the law is represented by an inept sheriff and sadistic scum like Klaus Kinski, who kills the poor because he enjoys it. Politically charged in a way that only a film of its time could be, Il Grande Silenzio's themes of class struggle and violent revolution were a bit too hot for an American release in 1968.
'''External reviews'''
* [https://mondo-esoterica.net/Great%20Silence.html Review at mondo esoterica]
* [https://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-gran-silencio.html Review by 800 SW] (Spain)
* [https://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2010/05/il-grande-silenzio-1968-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros] (Portuguese)


=== External Links ===
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063032/combined Internet Movie Database]
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* [http://fistfulofpasta.com/index.php?go=reviews/greatsilence Review at Fistful of Pasta]
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* [http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/silenzio/silenzio.htm Shobary's review]
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* [http://mondo-esoterica.net/Great%20Silence.html Review at mondo esoterica]
<span style="padding:8px;">[[File:Imdb.png|IMDb|38px|link=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063032/reference/]]</span>
* [http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/great_silence.htm Review at eccentric-cinema.com]
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* [http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=446 Schnittbericht zwischen ungeprüft VHS - FSK 18 DVD] auf Schnittberichte.com]
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-gran-silencio.html Review by 800 SW (Spain)]
* [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2010/05/il-grande-silenzio-1968-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)]


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Latest revision as of 07:27, 10 February 2024

Il grande silenzio (Italy · France, 1968) was directed by Sergio Corbucci and is one of the very few spaghetti westerns that take place in the snow. The film stars French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant as the mute anti-hero.

Also known as

The Great Silence (USA) | Le Grand Silence (France) | The Big Silence (UK) | Leichen pflastern seinen Weg (Germany) | O Grande Silencio (Portugal) | O silencio da morte (Brazil) | O Vingador Silencioso (Brazil) | Człowiek zwany Ciszą (Poland) | Człowiek zwany milczeniem (Poland) | Suuri hiljaisuus (Finland) | Suuri hiljainen (Finland) | Den tyste hämnaren (Sweden) | O ekdikitis tou diavolou (Greece) | El Gran Silencio (Argentina) | Velký klid (Czechoslovakia) | Velké ticho (Czech Republic) | A halál csöndje (Hungary) | سکوت مطلق (Iran) | 殺しが静かにやって来る (Japan)
The Great Silence movie poster

Synopsis

Silence (Trintignant) is a mute gunfighter with a sense for justice. He is hired by a woman (McGee) whose husband has been killed to take revenge on Loco (Kinski), one of the bounty hunters hired to hunt down homeless poor around Snow Hill. A new sheriff (Wolff) and the local judge (Luigi Pistilli) make the matter a little complicated.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Jean-Louis Trintignant (Gordon / Silence), Klaus Kinski (Tigrero / Loco), Frank Wolff (Sheriff Gideon Burnett/Corbett), Luigi Pistilli (Henry Pollicut), Mario Brega (Martin), Carlo D'Angelo (Governor of Utah), Marisa Merlini (Regina, saloon proprietor), Raf Baldassarre (Sanchez / Bobo Schultz), Maria Mizar (blonde saloon girl), Spartaco Conversi (Walter), Marisa Sally (Black-haired saloon girl), Remo De Angelis (Fake sheriff in flashback), Mirella Panfili [as Mirella Pamphili], Vonetta McGee (Pauline Middleton), Jacques Dorfmann [as Jacques Toulouse on French prints] (Miguel)
  • Uncredited actors: Bruno Corazzari (Charlie, bounty killer), Aldo Ralli (deputy playing dice game), Loris Loddi (Silence as a boy), Adriana Giuffré (Silence's mother), Antonio Danesi (stagecoach driver), Mimmo Poli (barman), Pupita Lea Scuderoni (Miguel's mother), Paolo Figlia (Jack, card player), Gianni Di Segni (poker player), Guglielmo Bogliani (Klaus Schultz, card player), Bruno Ukmar (dragged outlaw), Fortunato Arena (outlaw in saloon), Rocco Lerro (outlaw in saloon), Giancarlo Ukmar (outlaw in saloon), Giovanni Ukmar (outlaw in saloon), Sergio Ukmar (bounty killer, opening), Lino Coletta (bounty killer, opening), Claudio Ruffini (Sanchez bounty killer), Clemente Ukmar (Sanchez bounty killer), Virgilio Ponti (Sanchez bounty killer), Franco Ukmar (Sanchez bounty killer w/moustache)
  • Director: Sergio Corbucci
  • Story: Sergio Corbucci
  • Screenplay: Sergio Corbucci, Vittoriano Petrilli, Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci
  • Cinematography: Silvano Ippoliti (Eastmancolor 1.85:1)
  • Music: Ennio Morricone
  • Conductor: Bruno Nicolai
  • Editor: Amedeo Salfa
  • Art Director and Set Decorator: Riccardo Domenici
  • Costume Designer: Enrico Job
  • Producers: Attilio Riccio, Robert Dorfmann
  • Maestro d'armi: Bruno Ukmar

Reviews

Trivia

  • The movie was produced by Fox, but Zanuck was unhappy with the ending and the movie was never theatrically released in the USA: Corbucci had to shoot an alternative happy end but deliberately made it unusable, Zanuck was pissed and refused its release.

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 105 min

Release Dates

  • November 19, 1968 (Italy)

Filming locations

  • Lake Misurina: Cortina d'Ampezzo - Italy - early scenes of Silence on horseback
  • Cupellara: Manziana - Italy - flashback scene to Silence as a boy
  • Cortina d'Ampezzo: the Snow Hill town set
  • San Cassiano Badia: Cortina d'Ampezzo - the Bounty Hunters riding to Snow Hill

  • Silence on Horseback

  • Silence as a Boy

  • The Snow Hill Town Set

  • The Bounty Hunters Riding to Snow Hill

Production and business

Dubbing

News

  • November 2021: Eureka release in the UK on Bluray.
  • April 2018: Film Movement release in limited theatrical run in the United States. BluRay announced for June. Based on a 2k restoration.
  • December 2017: German BluRay released
  • April 2017: BluRay announced in Germany for December 8. Based on a different, 2K restoration. No English audio options announced.
  • March 2017: Restored version now screening at the Cinemateque Francaise (Italian with French subtitles). Link. "Restored in 4K by the CSC - Cineteca Nazionale of Rome from the sound and image negatives made available by Movietime. The restoration made it possible to recover the alternative end, shot by Corbucci at the request of the producers. It will also be shown. The work was carried out at Laboratoires Augustus Color and Studio Cine in Rome".

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External reviews

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