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Should We Be Silent? (1926)

Should We Be Silent? poster
Original title
Dürfen wir schweigen?
Directed by
Richard Oswald
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German silent drama from 1926. It deals with a social issue that characters must decide whether to speak up about. The story follows individuals facing a moral dilemma in a repressive society.

melancholicrestrainedsocially consciousstarkunderstatedthought-provokingsomberquietly intense

What happens

Should We Be Silent? (German: Dürfen wir schweigen?) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Walter Rilla and Henri De Vries. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Heinrich Richter-Berlin. The film exists only in fragmentary form. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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