Product Details

• Actors: Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt, Norbert Wartha, Wolf Euba, Joseph Manoth
• Directors: Percy Adlon
• Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Yorker Video
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302041228
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,047 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Celeste is a real film, June 25, 2006

By	Am Johnston - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an evocative and absorbing account of the claustrophobic relationship between Proust and his housekeeper, Celeste. A film not to be missed. One of Adlon's best.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MASTERPIECE, January 10, 2008

By	Alfredo R. Villanueva (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I FIRST SAW THIS FILM ON THE BIG SCREEN, AND IN THE DARKNESS SCRIBBLED SOME OF ITS LINES ON A PIECE OF PAPER, TO USE LATER IN A POEM ABOUT THE PROTAGONISTS. I BECAME SO OBSESSED WITH IT THAT A FRIEND BROUGHT IT TO ME FROM MEXICO. IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT NEVER HAS MADE IT INTO DVD FORMAT. I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT TOO HIGHLY. MY FAVORITE LINE; WHEN PROUST LOCKS HIMSELF FOR A WEEK IN HIS ROOM WHILE CELESTE KEEPS WATCH OUTSIDE. WHEN HE COMES OUT, SHE SHAKES HIM UP WHILE ASKING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS WHY HE HAD DONE THAT TO HER. AND HE ANSWERS: "I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DEATH FELT LIKE".

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A, June 18, 2000

By A Customer

Slow-moving but stunningly photographed and detailed account of the relationship between Marcel Proust (Arndt) and his devoted housekeeper (Mattes). Based on the real Celeste's memoirs.