The White Ribbon
- Release Date
- October 6, 2009
- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Cast
- Christian Friedel , Ernst Jacobi , Leonie Benesch , Ulrich Tukur , Ursina Lardi , Fion Mutert
- Runtime
- 144
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Michael Haneke
Summary
A village in Protestant northern Germany, 1913-1914. On the eve of World War I. The story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all?
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