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The Silent World(Movie, 1956)

Original title: "Le Monde du silence" (French/FR)
1h 26min | Genres: Documentary, Adventure
The Silent WorldRating: 3.2/5 (with 1717 votes)
The Silent World (French: Le Monde du silence) is a 1956 French documentary film co-directed by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle. One of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color, its title derives from Cousteau's 1953 book The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Silent World

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Palme d'Or BAFTA Award for Best Documentary

About The Silent World

The Silent World is noted as one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color. Its title derives from Cousteau's 1953 book The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure. The film was shot aboard the ship Calypso. A team of divers shot 25 kilometers of film over two years in the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, of which 2.5 kilometers were included in the finished documentary.

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/24/1956 (World premiere: 02/15/1956)
Cast: Jacques Cousteau, Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco, Jacques Ertaud
Screenwriter: Jacques Cousteau
Director of Photography: Edmond Séchan, Frédéric Dumas
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Cousteau - Le Monde du Silence"
"Il Mondo del Silenzio"
"Мир тишины"
"Подводная Одиссея команды Жака Кусто: Мир тишины"

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