Voice of Silence (; ) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.Rentschler p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy.
Plot A group of people, to try to make sense of their existence, retreats to a convent because each has problems considered insurmountable: a war veteran who is given up for dead returns from captivity in a sensational way and once home he finds his wife married and happy with another man; a partisan, during a war action, causes the death of three people; a votive candle dealer is too selfish to practice his trade. Then a writer famous for his production of works for adults arrive at the convent through which, according to many detractors, he corrupts many young minds, and a young priest who, dismayed by such a tumult of souls, is seized by mistrust regarding his vocation. At the end of the stay, everyone will leave, both those strengthened in their convictions and those who remain with their character and decide to continue their previous life.
Cast Aldo Fabrizi as Pio Fabiani Jean Marais as L'ancien maquisard Daniel Gélin as L'ancien prisonnier Cosetta Greco as Femme du prisonnier Franck Villard as L'écrivain Antonio Crast as Padre predicatore Eduardo Ciannelli as Padre superiore Paolo Panelli as Renato Santini Fernando Fernán Gómez as Fernando Layer Maria Grazia Francia as Pieta Checco Durante as Sacrestano Paolo Stoppa Rossana Podestà Enrico Luzi Franco Scandurra Pina Piovani
References
Bibliography Rentschler, Eric. The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 1990.
External links
La Conciencia acusa (1953) at the Films de France