Silence in the Forest (1929)

Original title

Das Schweigen im Walde

Directed by

William Dieterle

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

6

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man retreats to a remote forest to escape society. He faces the silence of nature and his own solitude.

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What happens

Silence in the Forest (German: Das Schweigen im Walde) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Rina Marsa, and Petta Frederik. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff and Gabriel Pellon. It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures and was the first of several film versions of the novel of the same title by Ludwig Ganghofer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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