▁Dream ▁People ▁Call ▁Human ▁Life , ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁feature - length ▁film ▁by ▁the ▁Brothers ▁Qu ay , ▁produced ▁by ▁Keith ▁Griff ith s ▁and ▁Jan ine ▁Mar mot . ▁It ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁Jakob ▁von ▁Gun ten , ▁a ▁novel ▁written ▁by ▁Robert ▁Wal ser . ▁It ▁stars ▁Mark ▁R yl ance , ▁Alice ▁Kr ige , ▁and ▁Gott fried ▁John . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁plot ▁follows ▁Jakob ▁( Mark ▁R yl ance ), ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁who ▁enters ▁a ▁school , ▁run ▁by ▁brother ▁and ▁sister ▁Johannes ▁( G ott fried ▁John ) ▁and ▁Lisa ▁Ben j ament a ▁( A lice ▁Kr ige ), ▁which ▁trains ▁servants . ▁The ▁teachers ▁emphas ize ▁to ▁the ▁students ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁un important ▁people . ▁Jakob ▁finds ▁the ▁school ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁opp ress ive ▁environment , ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁enjoy ▁the ▁less ons ▁in ▁sub ser vi ence ▁that ▁he ▁receives . ▁He ▁proceed s ▁to ▁challenge ▁the ▁Ben j ament as ▁and ▁attempts ▁to ▁shift ▁their ▁pers pect ives . ▁Lisa ▁is ▁attract ed ▁to ▁Jakob ▁and ▁sp ends ▁time ▁with ▁him , ▁and ▁shows ▁him ▁the ▁secret ▁lab yr inth ▁below ▁the ▁school . ▁Lisa ▁soon ▁dies ▁and ▁after ▁her ▁death ▁the ▁inst itute ▁clos es . ▁Herr ▁Ben j ament a ▁and ▁Jakob ▁then ▁leave ▁together . ▁ ▁Rel ation ▁to ▁the ▁novel ▁Though ▁the ▁film ▁follows ▁the ▁same ▁basic ▁structure ▁as ▁the ▁novel , ▁its ▁plot ▁is ▁more ▁limited