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.
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 to become insignificant.
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Brothers Quay Channel Four Films (Firm) British Screen Zeitgeist Films Kino International Corporation |
Other Authors: |
Passes, Alan, 1943- Rylance, Mark John, Gottfried, 1942-2014 Smith, Daniel (Actor) Krige, Alice, 1954- Walser, Robert, 1878-1956 |
Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Kino On Video,
2000, 1995.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
This dream people call human life. |
Format: | Video DVD |