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The White Ribbon is a 2009 German-language film by Michael Haneke, set in a northern German village before World War I. It depicts the dark side of society and family, and the mysterious events that affect the schoolteacher and his fiancée.
The White Ribbon: Directed by Michael Haneke. With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur. Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment.
Jan 13, 2010 · The white ribbon is worn by children who have been bad but will now try to be good. The crops are harvested. The teacher courts the comely village girl Eva ( Leonie Benesch ).
A year before World War I, a series of strange and brutal pranks threaten to shatter a northern German town's orderly existence. Watch trailers & learn more.
The White Ribbon is a film about human evil, told in many forms - cold indifference, a lack of empathy, excessive self-importance at the expense of others, perception, cruelty, and religious...
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Dec 30, 2009 · Shot in spectacular black-and-white by cinematographer Christian Berger, and marvelously acted by a first-rate German ensemble, The White Ribbon captures a mood of thickening tension and mounting violence.
A German village faces mysterious and disturbing events before World War I. A schoolteacher tries to uncover the secrets and motives of the children, the baron, the pastor and the doctor.
The subjects of the audience’s curiosity were the characters in his most recent film, “The White Ribbon”: winner of the Palme d’Or and the international critics’ prize at the 2009 Cannes ...
Nov 10, 2009 · A black-and-white ensemble piece set in a north German village on the eve of World War I, directed by Michael Haneke. The film explores the rituals,...
In The White Ribbon, director Michael Haneke seems to ask us: where does evil come from? This is a story told as a parable, to show us a world we deeply know. It is an inhuman look at humanity, showing us the root of an evil that is (and, more crucially, was) powerful.
