Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Weiser Quay, 1995
Jakob von Gunten
Robert Walser, 1909
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life is a movie directed by Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay and Weiser Quay in 1995 and based on the book Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser, first published in 1909. The movie features Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, Gottfried John, Daniel Smith, Joseph Alessi, Jonathan Stone, and others.
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Storyline
Jakob is a young man who enters a school, run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta, which trains servants. The teachers emphasize to the students that they are unimportant people. Jakob finds the school to be an oppressive environment, and does not enjoy the lessons in subservience that he receives. He proceeds to challenge the Benjamentas and attempts to shift their perspectives.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
105
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Weiser Quay
Country: UK
Year: 1995
Length: 1h45m
Year
1909
Pages
200
Book Rate
7.92
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Book
Jakob von Gunten
Original title: Ein Tagebuch
Author: Robert Walser
Country: Switzerland
First published in: 1909
Length: 200 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I'm always really impressed when a movie can function like a novel does - that's so hard to do.”
GIA COPPOLA (Filmmaker)
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