Der Panther

Rainer Maria Rilke tells the story of a caged panther he saw in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in his most famous work, created around 1901. He gives a voice to the graceful animal through his poem, immersing the reader in the emotional world of the trapped big cat: as if one were looking directly into the panther's heart. The poem is considered the most famous thing poem of all time and is a literary delight for both young and old. Combined with Julia Nüsch's incredibly poetic images, this famous verse is experienced in a way that is more moving than ever before.