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The Alpine village of Tolzbad is a hotbed of repressed desires, Oedipal angst, and sibling rivalry. When a young man's incestuous dream is added to the equation, a calamity of suicides, ghostly visions, forbidden romances and murder occurs.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Telefilm Canada, Zeitgeist Films, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Maddin, Guy, 1956-, Klymkiw, Greg, 1959-, Traeger, Tracy, Toles, George E., McCulloch, Kyle, Dobrowolska, Gosia, 1958-, Neville, Sarah, Cox, Paul, Neale, Brent
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino International, [2000]
Subjects:
Alpine regions > Drama.
Avalanches > Drama.
Repression (Psychology) > Drama.
Expressionism in motion pictures > Parodies, imitations, etc.
Comedy films.
Motion pictures, Canadian.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:The Alpine village of Tolzbad is a hotbed of repressed desires, Oedipal angst, and sibling rivalry. When a young man's incestuous dream is added to the equation, a calamity of suicides, ghostly visions, forbidden romances and murder occurs.
Item Description:"A Zeitgeist Films release"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Special features: Waiting for twilight (documentary about Guy Maddin and his work, 1997, 60 min., directed by Noam Gonick) -- Audio commentary track by Guy Maddi and George Toles.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Director of photography/editor, Guy Maddin ; art director, Jeff Solylo ; music by John McCulloch.