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24/09/2009 Drama, Mystery 2h 24m
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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.

  1. Michael Haneke

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Christian Friedel

    The School Teacher

  2. Ernst Jacobi

    The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)

  3. Leonie Benesch

    Eva

  4. Ulrich Tukur

    The Baron

  5. Fion Mutert

    Sigmund

  6. Ursina Lardi

    Marie Louise

  7. Burghart Klaußner

    The Pastor

  8. Steffi Kühnert

    The Pastor's Wife

  9. Maria Dragus

    Klara

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-05-12
It all starts when the local doctor (Rainer Bock) is knocked from his horse by some wire carefully strung between two trees. Incapacitated and sent to the (not so) nearby hospital, his is just the start of some fairly brutal mishaps that befall this small rural community as Europe drifts towards the start of the Great War. It's a sort of feudal existence for this community were everything stems from the baron (Ulrich Tukur). When his young son is violently assaulted, tensions run high in the village and as more atrocities emerge they all start to turn on each other and suspicions run high. It ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$21,555,450.00

Revenue
$11,652,157.00

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