8.2 Score

2009 • 2h 24min • R • Mystery, Drama

The White Ribbon

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.

IMDb 7.8

RT 85%

MC 84

Director

Michael Haneke

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Michael Haneke

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Christian Friedel

The School Teacher

Ernst Jacobi

The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)

Leonie Benesch

Eva

Ulrich Tukur

The Baron

Fion Mutert

Sigmund

Ursina Lardi

Marie Louise

Burghart Klaußner

The Pastor

Steffi Kühnert

The Pastor's Wife

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Fion Mutert Sigmund

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Burghart Klaußner The Pastor

Steffi Kühnert The Pastor's Wife

Maria Dragus Klara

Josef Bierbichler The Steward

Rainer Bock The Doctor

Susanne Lothar The Midwife

Roxane Duran Anna

Eddy Grahl Karli

Levin Henning Adolf

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