The Great Silence

Il grande silenzio (1968)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1968-02-21

Country

Italy, France

Production

Les Films Corona, Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica

Genre

Western, Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$53 074

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Director

Sergio Corbucci

Actors

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Vonetta McGee, Mario Brega, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Merlini, Maria Mizar, Marisa Sally
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Dorfmann, Attilio Riccio

Operator

Silvano Ippoliti

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Artist

Audition

Editing

Amedeo Salfa, Giovanni A. Giurgola
All team (24)

• The film was shot in the Dolomites, in northern Italy. A number of scenes were staged in a Roman studio, where shaving foam was used instead of snow.
• Jean-Louis Trintignant, at the time one of the most popular and in-demand actors in France, agreed to work in a not particularly respected genre – the European Western (at that time) – on the condition that he wouldn’t have to say a single word throughout the entire film.
• According to director Sergio Corbucci, the idea for the silent gunman was suggested to him by Marcello Mastroianni, who once admitted that he had always dreamed of starring in a Western, but unfortunately, did not speak English. When, after some time, Corbucci met Jean-Louis Trintignant, he discovered that he also didn't know English. But since Corbucci always had a weakness for characters with various injuries, he decided that it was time to shoot a spaghetti western with a silent hero.