The Silence of the Poet

The Silence of the Poet
The Silence of the Poet
Directed by	Peter Lilienthal
Written by	Peter Lilienthal
Produced by	Edgar Reitz
Starring	Jakov Lind
Cinematography	Justus Pankau
Edited by	Siegrun Jäger
Music by	Claus Bantzer
Release date	1986;
Language	German

The Silence of the Poet (German: Das Schweigen des Dichters) is a 1986 West German drama film written and directed by Peter Lilienthal. It premiered at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

Cast

Jakov Lind as Joram
Len Ramras as Gideon

Daniel Kedem as Gideon as a child

Towje Kleiner as Fayermann
Gudrun Weichenhan as Naomi
Vladimir Weigl as Avi
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass as Janina
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira as Schiffrin
Peter Freistadt as Dr. Marx

Production

The film is based on the novella The Continuing Silence of a Poet by A. B. Yehoshua.^[1] It was shot in Israel.^[2]

Release

The film was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[2]

Reception

The film won the Silver Band Award as well as the awards for best director and best composer at the 37th German Film Awards.^[3] Variety described it as "a gentle, atmospheric film" with "a lively editing style".^[2] The San Francisco Chronicle called it "a suble, poetic film [...] marked by a delicacy of approach that is rare in today's film world".^[4]

References

↑ Schmidt, Klaus M.; Schmidt, Ingrid (12 December 2016). Lexikon Literaturverfilmungen: Deutschsprachige Filme 1945 - 1990 (in German). Springer. p. 278. ISBN 978-3-476-03592-9.
1 2 3 Yung. (1 October 1986). "Das Schweigen des Dichters - The Silence of the Poet". Variety. Vol. 324, no. 10. p. 13.
↑ Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: an Encyclopedia. Garland. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-8240-7099-1.
↑ "The Silence of the Poet". A guide to films featured in the jewish films festival. The Jewish Film Festival Inc. 1991. p. 52.

External links

The Silence of the Poet at IMDb

[1] Schmidt, Klaus M.; Schmidt, Ingrid (12 December 2016). Lexikon Literaturverfilmungen: Deutschsprachige Filme 1945 - 1990 (in German). Springer. p. 278. ISBN 978-3-476-03592-9.

[vari-2] 1 2 3 Yung. (1 October 1986). "Das Schweigen des Dichters - The Silence of the Poet". Variety. Vol. 324, no. 10. p. 13.

[3] Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: an Encyclopedia. Garland. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-8240-7099-1.

[4] "The Silence of the Poet". A guide to films featured in the jewish films festival. The Jewish Film Festival Inc. 1991. p. 52.

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