The Great Silence (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Gordon
Klaus Kinski
Tigrero
Frank Wolff
Sheriff Gideon Burnett
Vonetta McGee
Pauline Middleton
Luigi Pistilli
Henry Pollicut
Mario Brega
Martin
Carlo D'Angelo
Governor of Utah
John Davis Hart
Writer
Raf Baldassarre
Sanchez
Marisa Merlini
Regina
Lewis E. Ciannelli
Writer
Spartaco Conversi
Walter
Maria Mizar
Blonde Saloon Girl
Remo De Angelis
Fake Sheriff in Flashback
Marisa Sally
Black-Haired Saloon Girl
Mirella Pamphili
Red-Haired Saloon Girl in Flashback
Sergio Corbucci
Director
Fortunato Arena
Outlaw
Giulio Baraghini
Man in Saloon
Vittoriano Petrilli
Writer
Gino Barbacane
Poker player
Mario Amendola
Writer
Bruno Corazzari
Charlie
Bruno Corbucci
Writer
Ennio Morricone
Composer
Jacques Dorfmann
Miguel
Silvano Ippoliti
Cinematographer
Paolo Figlia
Jack
Adriana Giuffrè
Silence's Mother in Flashback
Rocco Lerro
Outlaw
Loris Loddi
Silence as a boy
Mauro Mannatrizio
Hunter
William Mayor
Hunter
Emilio Messina
Silence's Father in Flashback
Benito Pacifico
Coachman
Fulvio Pellegrino
Governor's Assistant
Mimmo Poli
Barman
Aldo Ralli
Al's Deputy
Claudio Ruffini
Hunter
Giulia Salvatori
Child
Pupita Lea Scuderoni
Miguel's Mother
Lorenzo Terzon
Governor's Assistant
Bruno Ukmar
Hunter / Stunts
Clemente Ukmar
Hunter
Franco Ukmar
Hunter
Giovanni Ukmar
Hunter
Gianni Di Segni
Poker Player (uncredited)
Eros Bacciucchi
Special Effects
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 21, 1968
Original NameIl grande silenzio
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$53,074
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Wiki.
The Great Silence (Italian: Il grande silenzio) is a 1968 revisionist spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci. An Italian-French co-production, the film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee (in her film début) and Frank Wolff, with Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Marisa Merlini and Carlo D'Angelo in supporting roles.
Conceived by Corbucci as a politically-charged allegory inspired by the deaths of Che Guevara and Malcolm X, the film's plot takes place in Utah prior to the Great Blizzard of 1899. It pits a mute gunslinger (Trintignant), fighting in the defence of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow (McGee), against a group of ruthless bounty killers led by "Loco" (Kinski) and the corrupt banker Henry Pollicut (Pistilli). Unlike most films of the genre, which were filmed in the Almería province of Spain to double for areas such as Texas and Mexico, The Great Silence was primarily filmed on location in the Italian Dolomites.
Distributed in most territories by 20th Century Fox, The Great Silence was theatrically released to a mediocre commercial reception in Italy, but it fared better in other countries. Controversial for its bleak and dark tone, the film's reputation grew, and it gained a cult following in the wake of its release. The film was withheld from release in the United States until 2001, when it was made available on DVD by Fantoma Films and Image Entertainment; in Britain, it was first shown in 1990 on the BBC2 program Moviedrome.
Having received several theatrical re-releases, most notably in 2012 and 2017, The Great Silence is now widely regarded by fans and authorities on Spaghetti Westerns as one of the greatest films of the genre, and is acknowledged as Corbucci's masterpiece. Praise has gone to the acting, the utilization of snowbound landscapes, Ennio Morricone's score, and the film's subversion of several conventions of the Western film genre. Retrospective critics and scholars of Corbucci's Westerns have also deemed The Great Silence to be the second film in the director's "Mud and Blood" trilogy, which also includes Django (1966) and The Specialists (1969).