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Fred Haines (writer)
Hermann Hesse (novel)
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In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller... more | add synopsis
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Oscar-nominated Screenwriter Haines Dead At 72
(From WENN. 22 May 2008, 6:58 AM, PDT)
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Helped me to appreciate the book. more (16 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Max von Sydow | ... | Harry Haller |
 | Dominique Sanda | ... | Hermine |
| Pierre Clémenti | ... | Pablo |
| Carla Romanelli | ... | Maria |
| Roy Bosier | ... | Aztec |
| Alfred Baillou | ... | Geothe |
| Niels-Peter Rudolph | ... | Gustav |
| Helmut Förnbacher | ... | Franz |
| Charles Régnier | ... | Loering |
| Eduard Linkers | ... | Mr. Hefte |
| Silvia Reize | ... | Dora |
| Helen Hesse | ... | Frau Hefte |
| Sunnyi Melles | ... | Rosa (as Judith Melles) |
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Il lupo della steppa (Italy)
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107 min
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The day went by just as days go by. I killed it in accordance with my primitive and withdrawn way of life. I worked for an hour or two, had pains, took some opium and lay in a hot bath for two hours. Was glad when the pains consented to disappear. All in all it wasn't exactly a day of rapture. Perhaps the time is come to follow the example of Adalbert Stifter: a fatal accident while shaving...
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I read Hesse's "Journey To The East" and "Siddhartha" in my early twenties and thought they were excellent, but, when I then tried to read "Steppenwolf", it defeated me after a dozen or so pages. I put it to one side for a few weeks, then tried again, with the same result. The same thing happened for a third time.
Then I saw that the movie was showing at a local art-cinema, so thought I'd go and watch it. I allowed myself to suspend judgement until the end, and found it to be an unforgettable movie. OK - it has several flaws, as other reviewers have highlighted, but it certainly made a strong impression on me. I then went home and read the book from cover to cover. It's still not my favourite Hesse book (that honour goes to Siddhartha), but it is definitely a worthwhile read, and I probably would never have finished it if I hadn't seen the movie.