The Great Silence (Il Grande silenzio)

The Great Silence (Il Grande silenzio) (1968)

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Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci directed this serious-minded populist spin on the spaghetti western, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, whose vocal cords have been slashed by sadistic bounty-hunters. Silence joins with local hillfolk in fighting the corrupt and tyrannical authorities in… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Sergio Corbucci
Genres
Western, Drama, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1968 Wide
On DVD
Jan 27, 2004
Fantoma

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    The frozen setting heightens Corbucci's severity

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's in the same pasta bowl as the Sergio Leone films, only with even more red sauce.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Reid V


    Certainly the most bleak spaghetti western. If you think about it, that is saying a lot.

  • Tsubaki S


    The beauty of Il Grande Silenzio is that it tells such a dark tale in the most straighfoward manner possible. It forgets about the western myths and goes for the crude aspects of this world. Silenzio is not a hero, just a man defending himself, Loco is not a cartoonish "bad… More

  • Conner R


    A really drawn out Spaghetti Western epic and completely different from anything else the genre produced. It has a great snow-covered backdrop set at the end of the old west, where the bounty killers rule. Klaus Kinski plays an amazing villian, essentially a more devious and smarter… More

  • El Hombre I


    One of the most cynical and grim westerns ever. Instead of the usual hot, dusty deserts, we get snowy emptiness and a central character who is able to convey so much without ever speaking a word. Although director Corbucci made a name for himself with "Django", Il Grande… More

  • Bruce B


    The Great Silence aka : Il grande silenzio Made in 1968 A Spaghetti Western Directed by Sergio Corbucci . Thus is the second movie I have watch made by Corbucci, first being Companeros. Both are excellent movies for a Saturday Night. In the Great Silence we have Jean-Louis… More

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