Making-of Dossier, including behind-the-scenes footage, location photos, the shooting diary and handwritten notes from the monks
Additional scenes, including a segment on the preparation of the Carthusian’s world-famous Chartreuse liqueur
"Night Office" (53 minutes)
"The Carthusian Order" - An extensive guide to the rules, architecture, paintings and daily schedules of the monks and the monasteries worldwide
Extensive audio and photo galleries
Rating:
Genre: Spirituality & Philosophy
Movie Type: Religions & Belief Systems
Themes: Spiritual Awakening
Director: Philip Gröning
Release Year: 2005
Country: CH/DE
Run Time: 162 minutes
Plot
In this contemplative documentary from filmmaker Philip Gröning, the Grande Chartreuse monastery opens its doors to the public for the first time since being founded by St. Bruno in 1084 to offer an intimate look at a lifestyle rarely experienced by those outside of the brotherhood. Located in the remote regions of the French Alps, near the Dauphiné Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is the top monastery of the Carthusian order. In this documentary, the lives of the pious monks of Grande Chartreuse are captured on film as director Groening adapts to their ascetic lifestyle for six months and captures their daily life without the intrusion of voice-over, musical score, interviews, or archival footage. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Credit
Michael Kranz - Sound Mixer; Michael Hinreier - Sound/Sound Designer; Michael Weber - Producer; Elda Guidinetti - Producer; Frank Evers - Co-producer; Benedict Just - Sound/Sound Designer; Philip Gröning - Director; Philip Gröning - Editor; Philip Gröning - Executive Producer; Philip Gröning - Cinematographer; Philip Gröning - Producer; Philip Gröning - Sound/Sound Designer; Philip Gröning - Screenwriter; Andres Pfaffli - Producer; Joerg Schulze - Executive Producer; Max Jonathan Silberstein - Sound/Sound Designer
Into Great Silence (Die Große Stille) is a documentary film directed by Philip
Groning that was first released in 2005. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of
Carthusianmonks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps
(Chartreuse Mountains). The film was made 16 years after the director first
requested permission to make it. Then he lived at the monastery for six months, and filmed all alone, behind the walls no
'outsider' had ever been allowed to enter before.
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