INTO GREAT SILENCE
synopsis
A very strict, next to silent meditation on monastic life in a very pure form. No music except the chants in the monastery, no interviews, no commentaries, no extra material. Changing of time, seasons, and the ever repeated elements of the day, of the prayer. A film to become a monastery, rather than depict one. A film on awareness, absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form.
| international title: | Into Great Silence |
| original title: | Die Grosse Stille |
| country: | Germany, Switzerland, France |
| sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (Bavaria Film Group) |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Philip Gröning |
| film run: | 164' |
| release date: | DE 10/11/2005, CH 22/12/2005, BE 13/09/2006, NL 14/09/2006, PL 06/10/2006, FR 20/12/2006, UK 29/12/2006, PT 08/02/2007 |
| screenplay: | Philip Gröning |
| cinematography by: | Philip Gröning |
| film editing: | Philip Gröning |
| music: | Philip Gröning, Michael Busch |
| producer: | Philip Gröning, Michael Weber, Andres Pfäffli, Elda Guidinetti |
| production: | Bavaria Film, Ventura Films, Philip Gröning Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Cine Plus |
| distributor: | X Verleih, Frenetic Films, Cinemien, Karma Films, Metacinema, Diaphana Distribution, Atalanta Filmes, Soda Pictures |
