Kammala wannan magana: Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, darektan Ingmar Bergman ya ziyarci birane da yawa a wasu ƙasashen Turai. Ya dogara da zane na "The Silence" akan abin da ya gani a cikin wadannan tafiye-tafiye, musamman a Hamburg, Jamus a 1946, bayan da aka hallaka shi da
Hare-haren bama-bamai na abokan gaba. Ya kuma tuna cewa ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar ziyara a asibiti, inda ya shaida wani mutum mai kiba, tsofaffi da ma'aikatan jinya huɗu suka ɗauke shi. "Hoto na yadda aka kwashe shi kamar abin wasa ya kasance a zuciyata, ko da yake ban san ainihin dalilin ba", in ji shi.