If you love detective series this one is outstanding. The police are investigating three murders and as the story unfolds it turns out to be so much more. There is no guessing at the outcome. The story is rich and the acting superb. Binge worthy

Completely engrossing story and characters, although widower police detective David is a little over-the-top weird and dramatic, and the final moral choice made by the villain doesn't make complete sense. But definitely worth the view.

Excellent police procedural with great atmosphere, suspense and performances. It's the earliest film work by German director Baran Bo Odar, who also directed the techno-thriller "Who Am I" and the more well known sci-fi tv-series "Dark".

Just a quick disclaimer to begin with, I am a big fan of Dark(and Bo Odar), though I will try to make this review as impartial as possible. To start with, the cinematography was excellent, and Odar's unique style will be familiar to anyone who has watched the Netflix series Dark. Sound was also used in a superb way to create tension and enhance the overall atmosphere. The actors were all excellent, conveying as much meaning with their faces as with their words. As for the plot it was a bit of a mixed bag, the plot was certainly built upon an interesting premise, and by no means bad, but it felt like it was secondary in focus to the look and feel of the movie causing it to fall into the cliche at times. 95/100

The film is so much better than other thrillers. I could hardly watch it because each scene was ominous. The production was flawless counterbalancing the horrid story. The males cried and suffered. The women cried too. This thriller rings true to life on every level.

This movie was amazing?. i see this movie few month ago on my boxxy software . is a good film. very realistic?

Das letzte Schweigen (The Silence): A sad, captivating murder thriller that has you pinned to your seat. It's a German film, but easy to follow storyline of a repeat murder 23 years after another, where one man's remorse for doing nothing about the first one catches up to him and, frighteningly, the actual perpetrator gets away with both killings. Being a foreign film of this nature reminds me of the Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, ... Who Played with Fire, ... Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest), but was much more thrilling, and much better overall.

This one is a real life scary and a good detective one.

Cut above the average murder mystery, stuffed with Germanic pathos but ultimately with a bit of a Miss Marple solution.

Gripping investigative German thriller with slow-pace narration.

Fairly engaging. However, what's the point for all the fusses as everything has been open at the beginning.

Excellent cinematography.It left me unrelievedly grim, but that's the way it should be. A movie about child molesters is "success" when it is silently disturbing without gruesome gore.

Amazing! One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Fighting through the subtitles is truly worth it.

Beautifully shot, captivating story, but goddamn if I'm not super depressed now.

Suspenseful, moving, gory and keeps you interested and guessing until the movie reveals itself near the last third. With that it still has a sharp appeal and you can't help but admire the lead character in is effort to solve the case.

Scandinavia arrives in Germany for this thriller. in true Colombo style you know who did it but it does leave you hanging for the wrong reason!p

In 1986, an eleven year old girl goes missing and is eventually found murdered. On the 23rd anniversary of her murder, her mother Elena(Katrin Sass) goes by the spot to pay her respects, only to find another girl, Sinikka(Anna-Lena Klenke), has now gone missing under similar circumstances. David Jahn(Sebastian Blomberg) is the detective assigned to the case, even though he has just gotten back from bereavement leave. And Mittich(Burghart Klaussner), the detective from the original case, is retired and barred from the crime scene. And the award for the creepiest German language movie not made by Michael Haneke goes to...but in all seriousness "The Silence" takes an already tired sub-genre like the missing kid and, while simultaneously paying respect to and subverting its cliches, turns it all on its head into a stunning and devastating movie about loss that works on so many levels. The least of which is how the movie gets the languorous state of summer so right. In that setting, the movie expertly tells this multi-faceted mystery from several points of view of its flawed, damaged and dangerous characters. That's not to mention it also finding the perfect moment to end on.

Well that was depressing...

I was a tad disappointed with the ending - but overall it was a good movie even with subtitles.

Totally agree with reviews by Steven M. and bluthbanana. The cinematography is good, but it's not enough to overcome massive plot holes and inconceivable character decisions. [spoilers] Just a couple examples: The police matched DNA from headphones that a character held in his hands for few seconds, but somehow failed to realize that the DNA left on the murder victim was from a completely different person? One of the critical pieces of evidence is a DVD in a white case and yet detective Gläser fails to remember the library of identical DVDs that she was examining in the suspicious guy's apartment? Anyway, for a movie that heavily relies on mood and emotion, I was left feeling mostly disbelief by the end.