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These movies arrive on video store shelves this week. All are closed-captioned. BROTHER OF SLEEP (R, 1996, 133 minutes, Columbia TriStar)

German director Joseph Vilsmaier's mystical drama, set in the Alps in the 19th century, magnificently evokes the inner rapture and torment of Elias Johannes Alder (Andre Eisermann), born with musical genius, supernatural powers of hearing and two mutually exclusive loves. When his half-sister Elsbeth (Dana Vavrova) is born, Elias's life takes ...

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