Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzo)

Available on DVD (anamorphic) from www.digitalclassics.co.uk and all major retailers.

1896. Snow has fallen in the Rockies, forcing the persecuted outlaws hiding high in the mountains to come down to the valley. Waiting for them are the bounty killers, who are paid by the government for every outlaw they bring in. The cruellest bounty killer of them all is Loco (Klaus Kinski For A Few Dollars More, Nosferatu), who takes sadistic pleasure in slaughtering his prey.

Theres only one man that the victims families believe can stop Loco and his gang: Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant), so named because bounty hunters cut his vocal cords when he was a child. Silence agrees to avenge them, partly for money and partly out of a love for Pauline, the widow of a man killed by Loco.

This tale of government-sanctioned violence is one of the greatest films by renowned Italian director Sergio Corbucci. The charisma and intensity of the young Klaus Kinski and Jean-Louis Trintignant, the chilling score by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone and the suggestive photography of Silvano Ippoliti raise this Spaghetti Western to the ranks of a timeless classic.

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[kenis77]

My fave spagetti western

[sillysilly100]

BloodOf. . . is bang on. Not just a great Spaghetti western, not just a great western, just a great film full stop.

[MrRoGill]

Kinski's close up of his eyes, as effective as Van Cleef's Angel Eyes and Bronson's Harmonica. Ennio's passionate music during the love scene is simply spot on. After the Dollar trilogy and One Upon A Time In The West, this under rated movie should also be up on that list of classics. Very unique movie in so many ways. The title theme is as haunting as the one from "Death Rides A Horse". The snowy locations is a definite departure from the usual hot and arid places seeing in most westerns.

[MrRoGill]

A unique movie in so many ways. (Its also called "The Big Silence"). This must be the whitest movie I've ever seen!! All that snow!! And that brutal ending still makes me gasp. Morricone is as brilliant as usual. The title theme always fills me with such sadness. It always amazes me how this man can make musical instruments weep!! Kinski is simply frightening. A very under rated movie. Only marred by Trintignant's Mauser 1912 semi automatic pistol which never existed in this period.

[Arcane1Soldier]

@MrFotakias LMFAO thats what i was thinking as well. Either Christian Bale or the porn star Peter North. lol. The Great Silence movie is my best movie 4Eva.

[vaultboy123]

I must have this movie.

[Filmifreaki]

Great film. Everything in it, the music, the actors, the setting, the atmosphere and especially the ending

[FesteringHeadsFilm]

One of the most powerful films I've ever seen, the ending left me speechless.

[MrFotakias]

0:05 Christian Bale!!!!! Hahaaha - the movie and the soundtrack are awesome!!!!!

[DESTROYriaa]

amazing film