Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Synopsis

Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?

Main Cast

Alice Krige

Lisa Benjamenta

Age : N/A | Popularity : 91%

Mark Rylance

Jakob

Age : N/A | Popularity : 74%

Gottfried John

Herr Benjamenta

Age : 72 | Popularity : 32%

Daniel Smith

Kraus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Joseph Alessi

Pepino

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Jonathan Stone

Hebling

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

César Saratxu

Inigo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Peter Lovstrom

Jorgenson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Timothy Quay Stephen Quay
	Co-Director	Weiser Quay
Writing	Writer	Stephen Quay Alan Passes Timothy Quay
Camera	Director of Photography	Nicholas D. Knowland
Editing	Editor	Larry Sider
Production	Casting	Irene Lamb
	Production Manager	Gina Carter
	Producer	Karl Baumgartner Keith Griffiths Janine Marmot Katsue Tomiyama
Art	Production Design	Jennifer Kernke
	Art Direction	Alison Riva
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Nicky Gillibrand
	Makeup Artist	Caroline Clements Suzie Zamit
Crew	Special Effects	Dave Crownshaw
Sound	Original Music Composer	Lech Jankowski
Department	Role	Name

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