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The Great Silence (1968)

Director(s) Sergio Corbucci
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie

Top Genres Drama, Western

The Great Silence Overview:

The Great Silence (1968) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Sergio Corbucci .

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THE GREAT SILENCE

It's a great time to be alive if you are a Spaghetti Western fan. Nearly all of the outstanding examples of the genre have recently been released on special edition Blu-ray, and more of them are on the way. A company known as Film Movement is responsible for a full restoration of Sergio Corbucci's T... Read full article


The Great Silence (1968, Sergio Corbucci)

The first act of The Great Silence at least implies some traditional Western tropes. Jean-Louis Trintignant is a gunslinger who fights with evil bounty hunters. Frank Wolff is the new sheriff. Klaus Kinski is one of the evil bounty hunters. Wolff’s got political stuff, or at least the script impli... Read full article


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The Great Silence Facts
Twenty people die in the final massacre.

Jean-Louis Trintignant agreed to play in a spaghetti western under the condition that he did not have to learn any lines for the role. That's why the main character conveniently became a mute in the story.

Silence kills eleven people in the film.

According to "Once Upon a Time in the Italian West" by Howard Hughes, Silence's distinctive rapid-firing pistol is the 1896 7,63 mm Mauser Broomhandle.

The downbeat ending was suggested by lead actor Jean-Louis Trintignant as shooting was about to wrap.

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