To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.
John Hurt
as Peter Hunningford
Julian Sands
as Laurence Hunningford
Victoria Abril
as Pascale
Pamela Salem
as Elisabeth
Gerd Heinz
as Care-taker
Lise Ramu
as Wife Care-taker
William Jacques
as Dr. Coles
Jacqueline Moore
as Mother Children
Philippe Herzog
as Laurence, Child
Michael Herzog
as Jan, Child
Peter Kristen
as Peter, Child
Nirmalu López-Bravo
as Medium
