Silent Sonata (2011)
A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus stops by the house. They bring along the dying director of the circus. Is it possible for anything beautiful to happen in a landscape of war and death? Can life go on? Is it possible to realize that death does not exist?
Director: Janez Burger
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Leon Lučev as Oče |
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Luna Mijović as Hči |
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René Bazinet as Old Man |
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Pauliina Räsänen as Beauty |
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Ravil Sultanov as Circus Leader |
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Marjuta Slamič as Dead Wife |
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Daniel Rovai as Klaun |
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Viatcheslav Volkov as Muscle Man |
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David Boelee as Fire Blower |
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Zhang Xiaoxue as Chinese Girl |
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Natalia Sultanova as Ženski klaun |
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Devi Bragalini as Sin |
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Enej Grom as Fant |
| Art | Vasja Kokelj | Art Direction |
| Directing | Janez Burger | Director |
| Sound | Drago Ivanuša | Music |
| Camera | Diviš Marek | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jožko Rutar | Producer |
| Writing | Janez Burger | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Hranitelj | Costume Design |
| Sound | Robert Flanagan | Sound mixer |
| Sound | Robert Flanagan | Sound Designer |
| Art | Vasja Kokelj | Production Design |
| Editing | Miloš Kalusek | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alenka Nahtigal | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bobby McGlynn | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |