"This film is an introduction to the series 'The Art of Silence.' As Marcel Marceau talks about mime, brief clips from many of the pantomimes in the series vividly illustrate his words. Mime can be studied as part of the history of the theater. Students may be interested in reading about Greek and Roman mimes, the commedia dell'arte, and Deburau, the nineteenth-century French mime who created the character of Pierrot." - Summary from the teacher's guide.