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The Silent Village is a British film of genre Drama directed by Humphrey Jennings released in USA on 30 september 1943
The Silent Village (1943)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 september 1943
Length 36minutes
Directed by Humphrey Jennings
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating69%
The Silent Village is a 1943 British propaganda short film in the form of a drama documentary, made by the Crown Film Unit and directed by Humphrey Jennings. The film was named one of the top 5 documentaries of 1943 by the National Board of Review.
Synopsis
The film opens with a title card outlining the story of Lidice. It then moves on to an image of the stream running through the village of Cwmgiedd (half a mile from Ystradgynlais in west Wales), and an eight-minute opening sequence interspersed with images and sounds of everyday life in a community in the Upper Swansea Valley; men are shown working at the colliery, women engaged in domestic tasks in their homes and the inhabitants singing in the Methodist chapel. Most of the dialogue in this section is spoken in Welsh, with no subtitles provided. The section closes with another title card stating "such is life at Cwmgiedd...and such too was life in Lidice until the coming of Fascism".Comments
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