The Silent Village

The Silent Village
Screenshot from the film
Directed byHumphrey Jennings
Produced byDavid Vaughan
CinematographyH.E. Fowle
Edited byStewart McAllister
Music byBecket Williams
Distributed byCrown Film Unit
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
36 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, Welsh

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. It was inspired by the Lidice massacre in Czech Republic in June 1942.

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