Silent Cry (film)

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Silent Cry
Genre	Crime • Thriller
Written by	Simon Lubert
Directed by	Julian Richards
Starring	Emily Woof Douglas Henshall Frank Finlay Clive Russell Kevin Whately Craig Kelly
Composer	David A. Hughes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Bevan Amanda Coombes Keith Hayley Harry Hicks
Producers	Tim Dennison Peter La Terriere
Cinematography	Tony Imi
Editor	Les Healey
Running time	85 minutes
Production companies	First Foot Films Little Wing Films
Original release
Network	Channel 5
Release	2003 (2003)
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Silent Cry is a British television crime thriller film, first broadcast on Channel 5 in 2003,^[1] that follows the story of a young girl named Rachel (Emily Woof), who is told that her new-born baby has died shortly after birth. Rachel, however, later begins to suspect that the baby may have in fact been abducted and sets about discovering the truth.^[2] The film was directed by Julian Richards and stars Woof, Douglas Henshall, Frank Finlay, Clive Russell, Kevin Whately and Craig Kelly. It was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States on 20 August 2013.^[3]

Internationally, the film was broadcast in Germany by ZDF under the title Albtraum ohne Ende, and in Eastern Europe and Latin America by HBO. The film was also released on DVD in Australia, Germany and Sweden; with the German adaptation re-titled Schrei in der Dunkelheit and the Swedish adaptation re-titled Allt Har Ett Pris. The film won the Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2004, and Woof was also awarded the accolade of Best Actress at both the Love is Folly film festival in Bulgaria and the Bruxelles film festival in Belgium.