Watch NowThe White Ribbon (2009)
13/11/2009 (GB)
Drama, Mystery
2h 24m
- 75% (1088 votes)
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Overview
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
- Michael HanekeDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$21,555,450
Revenue
$11,652,157
Keywords
- child abuse
- authority
- pastor
- nanny
- northern germany
- punishment
- puritan
- incest
- tailor
- school teacher
- future war
- suppression
- shame
- small village
- land baron
- village people
- 1910s
- east elbia
- landowner
- patronage
- rural setting
- villagers
- fear of the unknown
Top Billed Cast
Christian Friedel
The School Teacher
Ernst Jacobi
The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
Leonie Benesch
Eva
Ulrich Tukur
The Baron
Fion Mutert
Sigmund
Ursina Lardi
Marie Louise
Burghart Klaußner
The Pastor
Steffi Kühnert
The Pastor's Wife
Maria Dragus
Klara
Josef Bierbichler
The Steward
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