]During their journey, Gandalf explained that there were four other wizards in his Middle-Earth order besides himself: (1) Saruman the White, (2 and 3) two Blue wizards, and (4) Radagast, the Brown (Sylvester McCoy) from the vast forest lands of Greenwood to the east, who preferred solitude and the company of animals.Fortuitously, the platform came flush with the sidewalk every time his foot came down in a teasing sight gag...(He glances down at his shoulder wound.) - until a while ago, that is.Yes, I killed him.I killed him for money and for a woman.I didn""t get the money and I didn""t get the woman.Pretty, isn""t it?Intermittently throughout the film that is told from a fatalistic point of view, Neff changes his voice, alternating subtly from a confession to a rhythmic, flowing narration, as he continues o link together the various scenes in the flashback.The children accompany Maria to town, each wearing matching clothing from the heavy window drapes.They cross a footbridge and visit the open market for shopping, where she juggles ripe tomatoes.The happy group skips along the banks of a river, rides a train up into the Austrian Alps hills, where they experience an open-air picnic on the verdant grassy area of the film""s opening sequence, with a magnificent panorama of beautiful peaks behind them.