The Silence

Das letzte Schweigen (2010)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2010-08-13

Country

Germany

Production

ZDF, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, Lüthje & Schneider Filmproduktion

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$2 300 000

Revenue

$232 418

Website

http://www.das-letzte-schweigen.de/

Director

Baran bo Odar

Actors

Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass, Sebastian Blomberg, Burghart Klaußner, Oliver Stokowski, Karoline Eichhorn, Jule Böwe, Roeland Wiesnekker, Claudia Michelsen
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Scenario

Producer

Jantje Friese, Maren Lüthje, Jörg Schulze, Florian Schneider, Frank Evers

Operator

Nikolaus Summerer

Composer

Artist

Audition

Anja Dihrberg

Editing

Robert Rzesacz
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• According to director and screenwriter Baran bo Odar, he was greatly influenced by the South Korean dramatic thriller "Memories of Murder" (Bong Joon-ho, 2003).
• Before the start of filming, director and screenwriter Baran bo Odar, together with cinematographer Nicolaj Summ, specifically rewatched several Westerns in the hope of conveying the corresponding atmosphere in the film (they did not want to make just another thriller).
• The vehicle license plates are fictional. License plates with the letters “FA” are not issued anywhere in Germany.
• Before the film's theatrical release, all scenes featuring Charlie Hübner’s character were cut; the actor was simply thanked in the credits.
• The film features a police officer who is pregnant. This seems like a reference to the Coen brothers’ crime thriller “Fargo” (1995), but in reality, Julia Böwe, who played the officer, was pregnant when she auditioned, though no one knew it at the time. Böwe told Baran bo Odar about being seven months pregnant after she was cast. After some consideration, he incorporated this detail into the script.