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Institute Benjamenta : or, This dream people call human life / Channel Four Films with the participation of British Screen presents a Koninck production ; in co-production with Image Forum and Pandora Film ; a Zeitgeist Films release ; written by Alan Passes and The Brothers Quay ; producers, Keith Griffiths, Janine Marmot ; directed by The Brothers Quay.
LIBRA DVD 012 829
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walser, Robert, 1878-1956--Film adaptations.
- Walser, Robert.
- Walser, Robert, 1878-1956.
- Boarding schools--Drama.
- Boarding schools.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- This dream people call human life
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Kino On Video, [2000]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A hesitant man named Jakob von Gunten arrives at a boarding school for the training of servants, where the curriculum consists of one endlessly repeated lesson: self-negation. The students' only goal is to become insignificant.
- Participant:
- Mark Rylance, Gottfried John, Daniel Smith, Alice Krige.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Nic Knowland ; editor, Larry Sider ; music, Lech Jankowski.
- Notes:
- Based on the novella Jakob von Gunten and other texts of Robert Walser.
- DVD release of the 1995 British motion picture.
- Special features: On the set of Institute Benjamenta ; theatrical trailer ; interview with the Brothers Quay.
- OCLC:
- 45752650
- Publisher Number:
- 738329017125
- K171 DVD Kino On Video
- 162 DVD Kino On Video
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