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The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial murderer. The film also features performances by Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons.
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer
- Ted Tally
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- Release date
- 30 January 1991 · Released
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Thriller · Horror · Crime · Psychological Thriller · Psychological Horror · Psychological Drama · LGBT-related · Police Procedural · Crime Thriller · Crime Drama
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Das Schweigen der Lämmer
- Français
- Le Silence des agneaux
- Italiano
- Il silenzio degli innocenti
- 日本語
- 羊たちの沈黙
- 한국어
- 양들의 침묵
- Polski
- Milczenie owiec
- Português
- O Silêncio dos Inocentes
- Themes
- offender profiling ↗ serial killer ↗
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