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The White Ribbon (2009)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
R 144 minutes DE Drama , Mystery
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.
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Christian Friedel
Christian Friedel
The School Teacher
Ernst Jacobi
Ernst Jacobi
The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch
Eva
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
The Baron
Fion Mutert
Fion Mutert
Sigmund
Ursina Lardi
Ursina Lardi
Marie Louise
Burghart Klaußner
Burghart Klaußner
The Pastor
Steffi Kühnert
Steffi Kühnert
The Pastor's Wife
Maria Dragus
Maria Dragus
Klara
Josef Bierbichler
Josef Bierbichler
The Steward
Rainer Bock
Rainer Bock
The Doctor
Susanne Lothar
Susanne Lothar
The Midwife
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Plot

In 1913, on the eve of the Great War (1914-1918), strange events occurred in a small Protestant town in northern Germany that gradually took on the character of ritual punishments. The children and adolescents of the school and church choir, led by the teacher, their families, the baron, the director, the doctor, the midwife and the peasants, tell a story that reflects on the origins of Nazism on the eve of the First World War.

Production crew

Christian Berger
Director of Photography
Christoph Kanter
Production Design
Monika Willi
Editor
Michael Haneke
Director
Michael Katz
Executive Producer
Simone Bär
Casting
Veit Heiduschka
Producer
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
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Official website: http://www.sonyclassics.com/thewhiteribbon/
Production companies: Lucky Red, Wega Film, Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool
Production countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy
Budget: $21,555,450
Revenue: $11,652,157

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Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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