@Elefantter Sorry, then I wouldn't recommend any Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries or The Seventh Seal). Both are obscure, surreal and require thought and multiple viewings to fully appreciate them.
One of Hesse's finest works. I remember reading that Hesse thought his contemporaries who rejected the novel understood it better than the young people who embraced it. I'm sure that he had a good laugh over this case of life imitating art.
@axisares That's a very interesting point! I can say that as a raw youth in the 70's, after reading the book and seeing this excellent film, I embraced the Steppenwolf with great fervour ...
Now I'm nearly Harry Halla's age, and was, till lately in a similar pickle - and, what is really comic - got taken up by a crowd of groovy youngsters (my contemporaries despairing, and giving up on me altogether) I now come to understand this work on many more levels. Life imitating Art imitating Life!
@MrJanja89 In the film you may recall Haller's comment to his neighbor, " I have pains sometimes-as elderly people do." His neighbor's reply, "You can't be fifty yet" wryly foreshadows the dilemma he's about to face. I view Haller as a man who never enjoyed his youth because he skipped it altogether.
@axisares I'm sure you're right there - though in the Germany of Haller's youth there would have been no 'youth culture' as it's called now, things would have been very regimented and rather dull, with great emphasis on the church and 'High' culture. Then came the war and its aftermath, and - much as after World War II - all that changed, free love, new styles of dress, art, music and literature - and, in Germany then - Eastern Philosophy.
Wonderful film version of a more than literary masterpiece!
MrJanja89 1 week ago
it's all about humour. without it you get mad.....
gatitaberlin87 1 week ago
Terrible. Gave up halfway.
Elefantter 2 weeks ago
@Elefantter Sorry, then I wouldn't recommend any Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries or The Seventh Seal). Both are obscure, surreal and require thought and multiple viewings to fully appreciate them.
vulnaviadraco 1 week ago
YEA!!!!!
Vashkan 2 weeks ago
I am astonished to find this here!
The0Endless0Thread 1 month ago 3
A sorely underrated masterpiece. What a pleasure to find this diamond among the mountain of garbage on youtube.
SpiritualActivism 2 months ago 9
was a film made from "Rosshalde" ?
wwwonderful 2 months ago
thank you so much !
wwwonderful 2 months ago
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CanterburyCat 3 months ago
a really pristine download; tv quality.
monk22yrs 3 months ago
excellent and i remember this
earthvisitor5 3 months ago
One of Hesse's finest works. I remember reading that Hesse thought his contemporaries who rejected the novel understood it better than the young people who embraced it. I'm sure that he had a good laugh over this case of life imitating art.
axisares 3 months ago
@axisares That's a very interesting point! I can say that as a raw youth in the 70's, after reading the book and seeing this excellent film, I embraced the Steppenwolf with great fervour ...
Now I'm nearly Harry Halla's age, and was, till lately in a similar pickle - and, what is really comic - got taken up by a crowd of groovy youngsters (my contemporaries despairing, and giving up on me altogether) I now come to understand this work on many more levels. Life imitating Art imitating Life!
MrJanja89 1 week ago
@MrJanja89 In the film you may recall Haller's comment to his neighbor, " I have pains sometimes-as elderly people do." His neighbor's reply, "You can't be fifty yet" wryly foreshadows the dilemma he's about to face. I view Haller as a man who never enjoyed his youth because he skipped it altogether.
axisares 1 week ago
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MrJanja89 1 week ago
@axisares I'm sure you're right there - though in the Germany of Haller's youth there would have been no 'youth culture' as it's called now, things would have been very regimented and rather dull, with great emphasis on the church and 'High' culture. Then came the war and its aftermath, and - much as after World War II - all that changed, free love, new styles of dress, art, music and literature - and, in Germany then - Eastern Philosophy.
MrJanja89 1 week ago
thx for sharing
pseudonymuser 5 months ago