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The Silence (2010 film)

The Silence (German: Das letzte Schweigen) is a 2010 German thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar, after the German crime fiction novel The Silence (German: Das Schweigen) by Jan Costin Wagner.

The Silence
Directed byBaran bo Odar
Written byBaran bo Odar
Based onDas Schweigen
by Jan Costin Wagner
Produced byFrank Evers
Maren Lüthje
Florian Schneider
Jörg Schulze
StarringUlrich Thomsen
Wotan Wilke Möhring
Katrin Sass
CinematographyNikolaus Summerer
Edited byRobert Rzesacz
Music byMichael Kamm
Kris Steininger
Tim Allhoff
Production
companies
Cine Plus
Lüthje & Schneider Filmproduktion
Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF)
ARTE
Release date
  • 19 August 2010 (2010-08-19)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Budget€2,300,000

Plot edit

Summer 1986: Pia, an 11-year-old schoolgirl, is raped and murdered in a wheat field near a small provincial German town by one man while another man watches silently from the passenger seat of his red car. The murderer packs Pia's body into the trunk of the car and leaves her bicycle behind.

In 2009, exactly 23 years later, 13-year-old Sinikka Weghamm goes missing from the local fair. Her bicycle is discovered in the same spot where Pia's bike had been found.

Senior detective Krischan Mittich, who investigated the original murder, has just retired. The new murder investigation is undertaken by David Jahn, a detective who is still emotionally overwhelmed by the death of his wife five months earlier. Mittich takes an interest in the new case, but he is blocked from participating by the new senior detective, Matthias Grimmer, who insists on doing things his way, even when he is wrong.

A flashback shows the initial meeting of Pia's murderer, Danish national Peer Sommer, and his companion, a student named Timo. The men form a bond as Sommer shares his collection of pornographic films, including one that shows the abuse of an adolescent girl, with Timo.

Timo leaves after Pia's murder, to Sommer's dismay.

Mittich, the retired detective, visits Pia's mother and rails against the false hope that detective Grimmer holds out for Sinikka's parents, who grow increasingly upset at the lack of progress in the investigation.

Timo, who has married, taken his wife's last name, and had two children of his own, is now an architect. Upon hearing of the new murder, he leaves home and makes his way back to Sommer. Sommer is glad to see his old friend and says that he had tried unsuccessfully to find Timo after he had left 23 years earlier. Sommer gives Timo a DVD copy of the old film with the girl.

Timo leaves Sommer again. He watches the DVD in his hotel room and cries with shame and guilt. He goes to see Pia's mother. His questions about Pia make the mother suspicious, and she tells ex-detective Mittich about him. Timo goes to the police station, presumably to confess, and Jahn notices him in the parking lot about to exit his car, but Timo has second thoughts and leaves.

Based on Timo's suspicious questions to Pia's mother, Jahn and Mittich visit Timo's house. He is not home, but the detectives question his wife and then find child pornography on his computer.

Jahn meanwhile has gotten the idea of matching the list of red cars in the vicinity of Pia's murder with the list of red cars in the vicinity of an earlier murder. After initially rejecting the idea, Grimmer adopts the idea and sends his subordinates, including pregnant Jana Gläser, but not including Jahn, out to interview the owners of the cars. Jahn sets out with Gläser anyway, but he leaves her when he gets word that a suspicious man (Timo) has visited Pia's mother. Gläser interviews Sommer alone. Sommer consults his diary to provide an alibi for his whereabouts at the time of Sinikka's murder; he hides a knife on his person in case she acts too suspicious, but she tentatively accepts the alibi, though she puts a question mark next to Sommer's name.

Timo commits suicide by driving a car into the lake where Sinikka is later found, and afterwards, Grimmer believes that Timo was the sole murderer of both girls, but Jahn is not convinced. Following this, Sinikka's body is found by a swimmer, and her parents are informed. Jahn realizes that Pia's headphones had been tossed from the passenger side of the car after her murder, and that means that someone else was driving the car. He hypothesizes that Sinikka's murder had been a signal from the other man, a lonely pedophile, that he wanted to reunite with his old friend. But Grimmer does not want to hear any new theories, and, after a tussle, he suspends Jahn.

Sommer, who had told detective Gläser that he no longer has a car, is seen returning home in a car lent to him by a neighbor—the same car that was used in Sinikka's abduction. He learns of Timo's death, and the film ends with him contemplating the loss of his friend.

Cast edit

Reception edit

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw reviewed favourably the film writing "this icy, gripping police procedural thriller is easy to recommend for fans of The Killing, and indeed for anyone else, too".[1]
The film won or was nominated for the following awards:

Soundtrack edit

Das letzte Schweigen
Soundtrack album by
Pas de Deux
GenreSoundtracks
LabelNi Records
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Pia"Pas de Deux3:32
2."The Silence"Pas de Deux1:50
3."Farewell"Pas de Deux2:07
4."I Am Timo"Pas de Deux2:21
5."Sinikka"Pas de Deux3:12
6."Memento"Pas de Deux1:26
7."Talking to Silence"Pas de Deux3:09
8."Prelude, Pt. 1"Pas de Deux1:00
9."The Nightmare"Pas de Deux1:54
10."Martina"Pas de Deux3:02
11."Draw the Curtain"Pas de Deux3:18
12."Broken Silence"Pas de Deux1:17
13."Epilogue"Pas de Deux1:09
14."Requiem"Pas de Deux1:10
15."The Lake"Pas de Deux1:34
16."Prelude, Pt. 2"Pas de Deux0:53
17."Redemption"Pas de Deux1:15
18."The Awakening"Pas de Deux6:12
19."All Is Lost"Pas de Deux3:06
20."Peer's Ending"Pas de Deux3:59

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Peter Bradshaw (27 October 2011). "The Silence – review". The Guardian.

External links edit

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The Silence German Das letzte Schweigen is a 2010 German thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar after the German crime fiction novel The Silence German Das Schweigen by Jan Costin Wagner The SilenceDirected byBaran bo OdarWritten byBaran bo OdarBased onDas Schweigenby Jan Costin WagnerProduced byFrank EversMaren LuthjeFlorian SchneiderJorg SchulzeStarringUlrich ThomsenWotan Wilke MohringKatrin SassCinematographyNikolaus SummererEdited byRobert RzesaczMusic byMichael KammKris SteiningerTim AllhoffProductioncompaniesCine PlusLuthje amp Schneider FilmproduktionDas Kleine Fernsehspiel ZDF ARTERelease date19 August 2010 2010 08 19 Running time118 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGermanBudget 2 300 000 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Soundtrack 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot editSummer 1986 Pia an 11 year old schoolgirl is raped and murdered in a wheat field near a small provincial German town by one man while another man watches silently from the passenger seat of his red car The murderer packs Pia s body into the trunk of the car and leaves her bicycle behind In 2009 exactly 23 years later 13 year old Sinikka Weghamm goes missing from the local fair Her bicycle is discovered in the same spot where Pia s bike had been found Senior detective Krischan Mittich who investigated the original murder has just retired The new murder investigation is undertaken by David Jahn a detective who is still emotionally overwhelmed by the death of his wife five months earlier Mittich takes an interest in the new case but he is blocked from participating by the new senior detective Matthias Grimmer who insists on doing things his way even when he is wrong A flashback shows the initial meeting of Pia s murderer Danish national Peer Sommer and his companion a student named Timo The men form a bond as Sommer shares his collection of pornographic films including one that shows the abuse of an adolescent girl with Timo Timo leaves after Pia s murder to Sommer s dismay Mittich the retired detective visits Pia s mother and rails against the false hope that detective Grimmer holds out for Sinikka s parents who grow increasingly upset at the lack of progress in the investigation Timo who has married taken his wife s last name and had two children of his own is now an architect Upon hearing of the new murder he leaves home and makes his way back to Sommer Sommer is glad to see his old friend and says that he had tried unsuccessfully to find Timo after he had left 23 years earlier Sommer gives Timo a DVD copy of the old film with the girl Timo leaves Sommer again He watches the DVD in his hotel room and cries with shame and guilt He goes to see Pia s mother His questions about Pia make the mother suspicious and she tells ex detective Mittich about him Timo goes to the police station presumably to confess and Jahn notices him in the parking lot about to exit his car but Timo has second thoughts and leaves Based on Timo s suspicious questions to Pia s mother Jahn and Mittich visit Timo s house He is not home but the detectives question his wife and then find child pornography on his computer Jahn meanwhile has gotten the idea of matching the list of red cars in the vicinity of Pia s murder with the list of red cars in the vicinity of an earlier murder After initially rejecting the idea Grimmer adopts the idea and sends his subordinates including pregnant Jana Glaser but not including Jahn out to interview the owners of the cars Jahn sets out with Glaser anyway but he leaves her when he gets word that a suspicious man Timo has visited Pia s mother Glaser interviews Sommer alone Sommer consults his diary to provide an alibi for his whereabouts at the time of Sinikka s murder he hides a knife on his person in case she acts too suspicious but she tentatively accepts the alibi though she puts a question mark next to Sommer s name Timo commits suicide by driving a car into the lake where Sinikka is later found and afterwards Grimmer believes that Timo was the sole murderer of both girls but Jahn is not convinced Following this Sinikka s body is found by a swimmer and her parents are informed Jahn realizes that Pia s headphones had been tossed from the passenger side of the car after her murder and that means that someone else was driving the car He hypothesizes that Sinikka s murder had been a signal from the other man a lonely pedophile that he wanted to reunite with his old friend But Grimmer does not want to hear any new theories and after a tussle he suspends Jahn Sommer who had told detective Glaser that he no longer has a car is seen returning home in a car lent to him by a neighbor the same car that was used in Sinikka s abduction He learns of Timo s death and the film ends with him contemplating the loss of his friend Cast editWotan Wilke Mohring as Timo Friedrich Sebastian Blomberg as David Jahn Katrin Sass as Elena Lange Ulrich Thomsen as Peer Sommer Karoline Eichhorn as Ruth Weghamm Roeland Wiesnekker as Karl Weghamm Jule Bowe as Jana Glaser Burghart Klaussner as Krischan Mittich Claudia Michelsen as Julia Friedrich Oliver Stokowski as Matthias Grimmer Anna Lena Klenke as Sinikka Weghamm Helene Luise Doppler as Pia LangeReception editThe Guardian s Peter Bradshaw reviewed favourably the film writing this icy gripping police procedural thriller is easy to recommend for fans of The Killing and indeed for anyone else too 1 The film won or was nominated for the following awards Special Jury Award Beaune film Festival 2011 Best Adaptation Award Frankfurt Book Fair 2010 Audience Award German Thriller Award Nominated for the German Film Critics Award Nominated for the Prix Europe 2011Soundtrack editDas letzte SchweigenSoundtrack album by Pas de DeuxGenreSoundtracksLabelNi Records No TitleArtistLength1 Pia Pas de Deux3 322 The Silence Pas de Deux1 503 Farewell Pas de Deux2 074 I Am Timo Pas de Deux2 215 Sinikka Pas de Deux3 126 Memento Pas de Deux1 267 Talking to Silence Pas de Deux3 098 Prelude Pt 1 Pas de Deux1 009 The Nightmare Pas de Deux1 5410 Martina Pas de Deux3 0211 Draw the Curtain Pas de Deux3 1812 Broken Silence Pas de Deux1 1713 Epilogue Pas de Deux1 0914 Requiem Pas de Deux1 1015 The Lake Pas de Deux1 3416 Prelude Pt 2 Pas de Deux0 5317 Redemption Pas de Deux1 1518 The Awakening Pas de Deux6 1219 All Is Lost Pas de Deux3 0620 Peer s Ending Pas de Deux3 59See also editCrime fictionReferences edit Peter Bradshaw 27 October 2011 The Silence review The Guardian External links editThe Silence at IMDb nbsp The Silence at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Silence 2010 film amp oldid 1112383076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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