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Name: Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 1982-03-02
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: John Cullum, Frances Conroy, Michael Higgins, Peter Michael Goetz, Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences (1982) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 25 August 2026 by ScreenSearch.

Perry Miller Adato's first attempt to combine documentary techniques with dramatic re-enactment. The film uses actor John Cullum both as himself and to play the young Sandburg in short dramatic sequences. In search of Sandburg, Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, Illinois speaking with close friends and family of the writer. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood - the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration - is revived in vivid detail.

Film
1982
119 min
★ 8.0/10 TMDB
Documentary
Drama

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DirectorPerry Miller Adato

WriterPaul Shyre

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