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Das Schweigen des Dichters

BR Deutschland 1985/1986 Spielfilm

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.

 

Credits

Director

  • Peter Lilienthal

Screenplay

  • Peter Lilienthal

Director of photography

  • Justus Pankau

Editing

  • Siegrun Jäger

Music

  • Claus Bantzer

Cast

  • Jakov Lind
    Yeram Lifchitz
  • Len Ramas
    Gideon Lifchitz
  • Towje Kleiner
    Fayermann
  • Gudrun Weichenhan
    Naomi
  • Daniel Kedem
    Gideon als Kind
  • Vladimir Weigel
    Avi
  • Barbara Lass
    Janina
  • Yacov Ben-Sira
    Schiffrin
  • Peter Freistadt
    Dr. Marx
  • Mischa Natan
    Mandel

Production company

  • Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Edgar Reitz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Peter Lilienthal

Assistant director

  • Ulla Ziemann
  • Tubi Neustadt

Script supervisor

  • Rakefet Lapit

Screenplay

  • Peter Lilienthal

based on

  • Abraham B. Jehoshua (Erzählung "Das wachsende Schweigen des Dichters")

Director of photography

  • Justus Pankau

Assistant camera

  • Asher Cohen

Still photography

  • Moshe Larone

Gaffer

  • Elan Yaari

Key grip

  • J. C. Jakubowicz

Production design

  • Charlie Leon
  • Franz Bauer

Set construction

  • Doron Efrat

Prop master

  • Michael Ros

Construction manager

  • Doron Efrat
  • Raffi Bonhardy

Make-up artist

  • Paul Schmidt

Costume design

  • Rona Doron

Editing

  • Siegrun Jäger

Assistant editor

  • Kirsten Liesenborghs

Sound

  • Uli Winkler

Sound assistant

  • Amitan Mendelson

Audio mixing

  • Manfred Arbter

Music

  • Claus Bantzer

Cast

  • Jakov Lind
    Yeram Lifchitz
  • Len Ramas
    Gideon Lifchitz
  • Towje Kleiner
    Fayermann
  • Gudrun Weichenhan
    Naomi
  • Daniel Kedem
    Gideon als Kind
  • Vladimir Weigel
    Avi
  • Barbara Lass
    Janina
  • Yacov Ben-Sira
    Schiffrin
  • Peter Freistadt
    Dr. Marx
  • Mischa Natan
    Mandel
  • Jehuda Cohen
    Pedel
  • Anat Mesner
    Sekretärin
  • Roberto Polac
  • Matana Cohen
  • Sam Angel
  • Chasida Stolero
  • Paula Zeltzer
  • Lilach Michaeli
  • Rustam Mokades
  • David Grinberg
  • Shoshana Mizrachi
  • Ester Medalia
  • Daniela Miller
  • Moshe Ezer
  • Danny Sides
  • Avri Gilad
  • Israel Bright
  • Anat Koren
  • Veretisian Artemis
  • Luis Rosenberg

Production company

  • Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Edgar Reitz

Producer (TV)

  • Joachim von Mengershausen

Line producer

  • Ilja Richter

Unit production manager

  • Danny Shik
  • David Lipkind

Location manager

  • David Kedem

Original distributor

  • Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG (München)

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

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Das Schweigen des Dichters

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

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

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

Awards

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