The Great Silence
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1968 |
| Country | Italy |
| Director | Sergio Corbucci |
| Cast | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Luigi Pistilli, Frank Wolff |
| Genre | Spaghetti Western |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Great Silence | – |
| Español | El gran silencio | El gran silencio |
| Français | Le Grand Silence | Le Grand Silence |
| Deutsch | Leichen pflastern seinen Weg | Leichen pflastern seinen Weg |
| Português | O Grande Silêncio | O Grande Silêncio |
| Italiano | Il grande silenzio | Il grande silenzio |
| Русский | Великое молчание | Velikoe molchanie |
| 中文（简体） | 伟大的寂静 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 偉大的寂靜 | – |
| 한국어 | 위대한 침묵 | Widaehan chimmuk |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | – | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | – | – |
| 日本語 | 殺しが静かにやって来る | Koroshi ga shizuka ni yattekuru |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which mercenary legality and voiceless justice collide within a world where violence has been institutionalized.
■ Synopsis
A mute gunfighter confronts bounty killers in a frozen frontier where law has become a mechanism for sanctioned murder.
■ RECIPE Tags
#MercenaryLaw #VoicelessJustice #InstitutionalizedViolence #FatalisticOrder #MoralExtinction
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Law as paid violence
Reason: Killing is not outside the system; it is authorized through bounty and legal pretext.
Related Film: No Country for Old Men - Middle: Justice without a voice
Reason: The defender of the oppressed cannot rely on speech, institution, or public legitimacy.
Related Film: Dead Man - Core: Moral defeat before systemic violence
Reason: The conclusion refuses heroic correction and leaves evil embedded in the order itself.
Related Film: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
■ Secondary Axes
- Marketed death: Human life is converted into reward, contract, and professional killing.
Related Film: The Wild Bunch - Anti-mythic frontier: The frontier is not redeemed by courage; it exposes the collapse of justice.
Related Film: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
■ Person
- Director: Sergio Corbucci
- Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Luigi Pistilli, Frank Wolff
■ Structural Tags
#SanctionedViolence #VoicelessResistance #SystemicDefeat
■ Attribute Tags
#ItalianFilm #1968Film #SpaghettiWestern
