The White Ribbon
– Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World ..
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
05 Mar 2010
German, Italian, Polish
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke (story)
Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is cruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 39 nominations.
$2,077,054
Sony Pictures Classics