Beyond Silence

"About life, love and the sound of snow."

1996 1h 49m DE

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6.9

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83%

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7.4

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★6.9TMDB · 80🍅83%Rotten Tomatoes★7.4IMDB · 4,653

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Synopsis

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Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.

“About life, love and the sound of snow.”

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Cast

Sylvie Testud
Lara
Tatjana Trieb
Lara als Kind
Howie Seago
Martin
Emmanuelle Laborit
Kai
Sibylle Canonica
Clarissa
Matthias Habich
Gregor
Alexandra Bolz
Marie
Hansa Czypionka
Tom

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Caroline Link
Writers: Caroline Link, Beth Serlin
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Caroline Link, shot by Gernot Roll. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Niki Reiser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Patricia Rommel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Sylvie Testud and Tatjana Trieb and Howie Seago carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "About life, love and the sound of snow.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0116692 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Caroline Link directs. Gernot Roll behind the camera. Niki Reiser scores. Patricia Rommel cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Caroline Link, shot by Gernot Roll. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Niki Reiser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Patricia Rommel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sylvie Testud and Tatjana Trieb and Howie Seago carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "About life, love and the sound of snow.".
7IMDB entry: tt0116692 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "dying and death", "daughter", "berlin, germany", "concert".