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Brother of Sleep [VHS]

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I think this is the most beautiful movie i have ever seen. Andre Eisermann does a wonderful job playing Elias Alder..I laughed, I cried..and i cannot get this film out of my mind..stop reading my review and go and watch it!

I'm really into tragic romances right now, and this is the perfect movie! The images are clear and strikingly brilliant. The story is heart wrenching and you deffinately develop a connection with the two main characters. This is a must get, maybe when the price goes down.

i even met andre eisermann. nice guy, who enjoyed his visit to L.A., especially venice beach. i think the movie is very interesting, but it's really strange as well. the music is fantastic, as well as the scenery.

I enjoyed this movie a lot, then again I think most foreign films kick ass over Hollywood stuff, they just tend to seem more real, down-to-earth. It had awesome scenery and the subtitles don't take away for the film at all. This movie has no makeup, glitz or glamor, just raw human emotion in a raw world.

The atmosphere and beauty of this film is exquisite, it is off set brilliantly by the bleakness and violence of the peoples' lives in this lonely Alpine village, and Elias struggle between his love of his music and the love of Elsbeth, I know I am waxing poetic a bit, but it is worth it.

The last time I saw a movie with an indelibly magnificent photography was in 1965. The film was "The Sound Of Music". This one raises the bar on the same level. The love story depicted on this beautiful film is unique...a tale of spoken and unspoken love and its effect. All the actors, including the "extras", are doing their parts realistically. The musical score fits like a glove to the stunning imagery. I was magically transported to this place(Echeberg) when I watched the movie !

This movie kept me in a trance. I could not look away for a minute. It is one of the best films I have ever seen. The plot, the scenery, the characters, all were outstanding.

This is the beautiful story of a young man who is possessed with a rare musical talent. This film portrays how he survives in an environment that does not, at first, appreciates his gift. Scorned even by his own mother, he is spiritually connected to another female figure: his best friend's sister. The scene in which their hearts become spiritually entwined is a dazzling one. Don't miss out on this film: the visual beauty of it is unbelievable. Trust me, this is one film that you will never forget. Don't sleep on it.

Based on a best selling German novella which reads like a simple children's story, this movie is a must see for anyone looking for excellence which dares to leap out of the tattered Hollywood formulas we're bombarded with. It's the story of the coexistence of absolute good and absolute evil in an isolated Austrian village in the early 19th century. In a village that seems to have as many inbred mongoloids as struggling normal people, a child is born with an extraordiary musical gift given to him by Nature. We follow him through his childhood on lone retreats into the mountains. We watch him as he discovers how to communicate his gift through the village organ. In time, he wins a national competition, only to flee back to his village and disappear. His life is complemented by both the village beauty and a strikingly handsome and jealous young man, neither of whom can distract him from his calling. You will be shaken by this story. You will be overwhelmed by the stunning visuals that are used to tell it.

I liked the movie. I do not know about the novel, but I think every piece deserves a consideration in its own right. To me, the film is about how people in solitude, estranged from human society in one way or the other, try to cope with their lives and eventually fail. The movie shows two different instances, Michel and Elias. The former is alienated by his thoughts, the latter by his musical ability. But for all we learn about both protagonists they live outside the village society of Eschberg and have always done so.

The point I see in this movie is rather general. Human society develops a rigid idea of what to embrace and what to ignore, and outsiders and strangers belong very much to the second category. Despite his love and desire, plus that of Elsbeth and Peter, Elias is shown to be unable to enter society, even in its most basic form of a partnership. The only direct communication between Elias and Michel right at this point is a logical consequence to the observer. Do they both feel they are doomed, that it goes downhill from there?

It is left to the spectator to believe that the film portrays the middle ages and similarities to the global village of today are faint. I myself, however, was left disturbed and scared. I think the movie addresses a problem that we face much more today than in the past.

Despite that I am wondering about two questions: (i) Is the point of the movie similar to Albert Camus' The Stranger, and (ii), is the relationship between Elias and Michel modeled after that between Jesus and John.