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silent film

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.

countable, retronym, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcine mudo
Françaisfilm muet
DeutschStummfilm
19 more languages

Examples

“Set⟳ against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain⟳ its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.”
“Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have⟳ ever seen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

silent forest syndrome silent fox silent fox gesture Silent Generation Silent Grove silent h

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