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Vier Minuten (2006) -- This is the trailer for Four Minutes, directed by Chris Kraus.

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7.4/10   1,849 votes
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Director:
Chris Kraus
Writer:
Chris Kraus (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 April 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Tagline:
The next German film sensation after The Lives of Others
Plot:
An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
21 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Brilliant Relationship Drama and 4 minutes you will not forget. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Monica Bleibtreu ... Traude
Hannah Herzsprung ... Jenny
Sven Pippig ... Mütze
Richy Müller ... Kowalski
Jasmin Tabatabai ... Ayse
Stefan Kurt ... Direktor Meyerbeer
Vadim Glowna ... Gerhard von Loeben
Nadja Uhl ... Nadine Hoffmann
Peter Davor ... Journalist Wahrig
Edita Malovcic ... Traude - jung
Christian Koerner ... SS-Sturmbannführer
Kathrin Kestler ... Hannah
Amber Bongard ... Clara Mütze
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer ... Pater Vincens

Dieter Moor ... TV-Moderator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
4 Minutes (International: English title)
Four Minutes (International: English title)
Nur für Mozart (Germany) (working title)
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Runtime:
112 min | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color (Technicolor) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS-Stereo
Company:
Arte more

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References The Blues Brothers (1980) more

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50 out of 61 people found the following comment useful:-
Brilliant Relationship Drama and 4 minutes you will not forget., 29 October 2006
9/10
Author: IJKMan from Heidelberg, Germany

Really excellent film - the two leading ladies give stella performance as an elderly piano teacher (with some interesting secrets left over from German war times) and as a young, brilliant, but disturbed, pianist.

The backdrop of a women's prison and its local dramas and characters is a fascinating stage as their relationship develops their pasts come influence their actions and trust is built. (And no, it is not one of those touchy, feely Hollywood set-ups, this has real depth).

The "4 minutes" the title refers to, is a film sequence which I personally found incredible, I still get gooseflesh down my back when I think back to it. The audience in the cinema I saw it spontaneously burst in to applause at the end of the 4 minutes.

All in all a thoroughly worthwhile film, although there is quite a bit of German history, some knowledge of this would be of use and I am not sure how it would translate from the original German. Some excellent comedy intersperses the intensity of the drama – but all credit must go to the main actors. Really good – go see it..

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