An adaptation of the novella of the same title by celebrated French Resistance author Vercors, clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France, which tells the story of a German officer billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece. Resisting the intruder, the two refuse to speak to the German, who warms himself by the fire each evening espousing idealistic views about the relationship between France and Germany, views that disintegrate on a trip to Paris where the grim truth is revealed. 'Le Silence de la Mer' is a lyrical, timeless depiction of the experiences and struggles of occupation and resistance.