Mute
- Episode aired Jan 31, 1963
- TV-14
- 51m
Ilse, the orphaned daughter of telepathic parents must learn to speak and deal with a world she cannot communicate in.Ilse, the orphaned daughter of telepathic parents must learn to speak and deal with a world she cannot communicate in.Ilse, the orphaned daughter of telepathic parents must learn to speak and deal with a world she cannot communicate in.
- Ilse
- (as Ann Jilliann)
- Frau Werner
- (as Eva Soreny)
- Karl Werner
- (as Oscar Beregi)
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
- Rude man on porch
- (uncredited)
- Man in Flashback
- (uncredited)
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Committee member in prologue
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe main street that Ilsa runs across is the same one used in I Sing the Body Electric (1962). Located on the MGM backlot in Culver City, it was known as the "New England Street", and is same set that was featured in the Andy Hardy movies, starring Mickey Rooney., Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock", Frank Sinatra's "Some Came Running" and the 1970s musical fantasy "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band", starring The Bee Gees, which was the last major film shot there. Much of the MGM backlot had been demolished in 1974, and the remainder, including the New England Street, was pulled down in 1978, soon after filming wrapped on "Sgt Pepper's".
- GoofsIsle is bothered by people's voices, but not by any other sounds, including ringing phones and doorbells.
- Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration] What you're witnessing is the curtain-raiser to a most extraordinary play; to wit, the signing of a pact, the commencement of a project. The play itself will be performed almost entirely offstage. The final scenes are to be enacted a decade hence and with a different cast. The main character of these final scenes is Ilse, the daughter of Professor and Mrs. Nielsen, age two. At the moment she lies sleeping in her crib, unaware of the singular drama in which she is to be involved. Ten years from this moment, Isle Nielsen is to know the desolating terror of living simultaneously in the world - and in The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: Mute (2023)
Mr. Serling is criticizing the arrogance of parents who think they know what's best for their child but are actually cruel and damage them. He criticizes parents who treat their children as objects to be molded but who don't see them as people with needs and rights of their own. As the sheriff's wife states, the welfare of a child is everyone's concern. But Serling also recognizes the inadequacy of "love only" in repairing the damage done.
And by the way, it was "liberals" who came up with the idea of "equal opportunity." The traditional way actually afforded less opportunity for those of limited means or without family connections. But again, that isn't even the point of this episode.
- gvpalazz
- May 22, 2011
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1