| The Citadel of Silence | |
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| Directed by | Marcel L'Herbier | 
| Written by | Jean Anouilh André Cerf T.H. Robert J.J. Thoren | 
| Produced by | Joseph Lucachevitch | 
| Starring | Annabella Pierre Renoir Bernard Lancret | 
| Cinematography | Louis Née Armand Thirard | 
| Edited by | Roger Spiri-Mercaton | 
| Music by | Darius Milhaud | 
| Production company | Impérial Film | 
| Distributed by | SEDIF | 
| Release date | 
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| Running time | 98 minutes | 
| Country | France | 
| Language | French | 
The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.
In Tsarist Russia before the First World War a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander the fortress where he is imprisoned.