In the Al$`pine; vill:@age of Tol""z=bad in+ the 1800s, "-%the tow;
n (*sfolk?'> t ^alk quietly and res!:train thei `r movements "."lest they incur a!,va$"lan,[;)ches. Thi]s a],tmosphere l;(ends itsel$]f to repressed emotions - (#sho/ wn thr%_ough the parallel st![ories"% of butler s?!@tuden^t Joh -$ann lusting @\)after < *\[h#is `?mo:th@  er (a%[n old fl[(am&&e $o +f the my[ster>io]us Cou]/n?#t  Knotkers) and :Klara's a t]_t
raction to her fa%"t'\he.!r (who @-lusts :!aft;er his other da!
`ughter), > leading t.,o duels@& %([and suicidal plunges galore. All th]]is is] sho+t in $!th/
e s'tyl *e" o!(f an early German )- & sonal] film, co)mplete]= with i =^nter]!_t\!itles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour e ffects.- Wr:i]#*tt_*en[ by Michael Brooke