The Silence of the Poet
1987, German. Directed by Peter Lilienthal.
This drama comes from one of Germany's greatest contemporary directors, Peter Lilienthal; and is one of the few to be released outside of the country. It is the story of an Israeli poet's struggle to create in an inhospitable environment. The poet is suffering from severe writer's block and much of the film centers upon the reasons why. Among those reasons is a brother blinded during the Yom Kippur War, the drawn out illness and subsequent death of his wife, and the simpleton son she bore before she became ill. Most of the time the poet blames his son for his inability to write; the father resents having to care for him night and day but he refuses to institutionalize the lad.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 April 1987
- Original title
- Das Schweigen des Dichters
- Country
- Germany, Israel
- Written by
- Peter Lilienthal
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The Silence of the Poet runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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The Silence of the Poet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 April 1987. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Silence of the Poet?
The Silence of the Poet (1987) was directed by Peter Lilienthal.