White Ribbon The (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Michael Haneke

Starring: Josef Bierbichler, Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur, Theo Trebs, Michael Schenk, Leonie Benesch, Rainer Bock, Christian Friedel, Burghart Klauss, Steffi Kühnert, Ursina Lardi, Leonard Proxauf
Contributors: Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz, Andrea Occhipinti, Michael Haneke, Christian Berger
Studio: Artificial Eye
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: German
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 15 Mar 2010
Originally Issued: 2009
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 144 minutes

Description

Michael Haneke won the 2009 Cannes Palm d'Or for this two-and-a-half hour black and white study of German rural village life in 1913. Focusing in particular on the austere and often brutal environment of the village school, the film not only exposes the cruelty and hypocrisy of adults towards children but offers an insight into the undercurrents of patriarchy and repression that went on to shape 20th-century Germany. As the outbreak of war draws near, a series of violent and unexplained events shake the small community to its core.

In true Haneke style, the film is less concerned with providing a definitive answer to 'whodunnit' than with examining the unhealthy processes that contribute to a sick, disenfranchised society.

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