

A Question of Silence
1982-02-18 · 92 min · ★ 6.3
When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.
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- Directors
- Marleen Gorris
- Production companies
- Sigma Film Productions
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Edda BarendsChristine M.
Nelly FrijdaAnnie
Henriëtte TolAndrea
Cox HabbemaJanine van den Bos
Eddie BrugmanRuud van den Bos (as Eddy Brugman)
Hans CroisetJudge
Diana DobbelmanPsychiatrist's Wife
Frederik de Groot
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