The Great Silence

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The Great Silence is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci, renowned for its bleak snowbound setting, anti-heroic gunslinger, and unusually tragic ending.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian film
Spaghetti Western film
film
alsoKnownAs Il grande silenzio
The Big Silence
antagonistPortrayedBy Loco – Klaus Kinski
aspectRatio 2.35:1
character Loco
Pauline
Silence
cinematographyBy Silvano Ippoliti
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin Italy
director Sergio Corbucci
distributor 20th Century Fox (Italy)
linked to: 20th Century Fox
editedBy Aldo Serrano
endingType tragic ending
filmingLocation Cinecittà Studios
Italian Dolomites
linked to: Dolomites
genre Spaghetti Western
linked to: Spaghetti Westerns

Western film
historicalSetting late 19th century American West
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Silence – Jean-Louis Trintignant
musicBy Ennio Morricone
narrativeTone bleak
notableFeature anti-heroic gunslinger protagonist
bleak snowbound setting
unusually tragic ending
originalLanguage Italian
portrays bounty hunters
outlaws
starving villagers
producer Giorgio Salvioni
productionCompany Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica
protagonistTrait mute gunslinger
releaseDateCountry 1968-12-21 (Italy)
releaseYear 1968
runtimeMinutes 105
screenplayBy Bruno Corbucci
Mario Amendola
Sergio Corbucci
Vittoriano Petrilli
setting snowbound Utah territory
starredActor Frank Wolff
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Klaus Kinski
theme lawlessness and corruption
moral ambiguity
violence and oppression

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Spaghetti Westerns notableFilm The Great Silence
Sergio Corbucci notableWork The Great Silence
Sergio Corbucci directed The Great Silence
Jean-Louis Trintignant notableWork The Great Silence