Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa.
Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa.
Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt, and later worked as a journalist. His first novel, "Nachtfahrt" (Night Trip) was published to much acclaim in 2002 and won the Marlowe Prize for Best Crime Novel. His wife is a native of Finland, and they spend time both there and in Germany. His 2007 novel The Silence (German : Das Schweigen) was adapted into the 2010 German film of the same name in English; the original name of the film in German is Das letzte Schweigen, i.e. The last Silence.
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Silence is the lack of audible sound.
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The Rest Is Silence may refer to:
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In World War II, Nazi Germany established brothels in the concentration camps to increase productivity among inmates. Their use was restricted to the more privileged Aryan prisoners, primarily the Kapos, or "prisoner functionaries", and the criminal element. Jewish inmates were prohibited from using the brothels according to rules against racial mixing. In the end, the camp brothels did not produce any noticeable increase in the prisoners' productivity levels but, instead, created a market for coupons among the more privileged camp prisoners.
"The Silence of the Sirens" is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was not published until 1931, seven years after his death. Max Brod selected stories and published them in the collection Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer. The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections.
The Silence is a 2010 German thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar, after the German crime fiction novel The Silence by Jan Costin Wagner.
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Silence in the Forest is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Rina Marsa, and Petta Frederik. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff and Gabriel Pellon. It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures and was the first of several film versions of the novel of the same title by Ludwig Ganghofer.
Silence in the Forest may refer to:
