p 　　In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 一八00s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers and Klara 三九 s attraction to her father who lusts after his other daughter , leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 三九 hand-tinted 三九 colour effects - Written by Michael Brooke lt michael everyman demon co uk gt p