Das Schweigen des Dichters

BR Deutschland 1985/1986 Spielfilm

Summary

The film tells the story of an unconventional father-son relationship. Although everybody thinks that his son is mentally handicapped, Yoram refuses to send him off to an asylum. Instead, he sends him to Tel Aviv where Gideon with is healing powers is supposed to help the boy. As a teenager, the son eventually takes over the care of his old father. I doing so, he finds out that his father had been a famous poet. He is fascinated by his father’s poems and thus discovers the realm of language for himself.

 

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Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Cast

Producer

All Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Still photography

Gaffer

Key grip

Production design

Set construction

Prop master

Construction manager

Make-up artist

Costume design

Editing

Assistant editor

Sound

Sound assistant

Audio mixing

Producer

Line producer

Unit production manager

Location manager

Shoot

    • 07.11.1985 - 18.12.1985: Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Ber Sheba
Duration:
2797 m, 102 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.12.1986, 57310, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 09.04.1987;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 29.05.1988, ARD

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Das Schweigen des Dichters

Versions

Original

Duration:
2797 m, 102 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.12.1986, 57310, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 09.04.1987;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 29.05.1988, ARD

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
100 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
DCP 2k, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1987
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Musik
  • Filmband in Silber, Programmfüllende Filme
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie