Das weiße Band (2009)

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Director:

Michael Haneke

Writer:

Michael Haneke (writer)

Release Date:

2009 (Austria)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

Strange events happen at a rural school in the north of Germany during the year 1913, which seem to be ritual punishment. Does this affect the school system, and how does the school have an influence on fascism? |

Plot Keywords:

Underwear | Color In Title | Children | Sweat

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Susanne Lothar
Ulrich Tukur
Burghart Klaußner
Mercedes Jadea Diaz	...	Evas Schwester
Josef Bierbichler
Marisa Growaldt	...	Magd
Janina Fautz	...	Erna
Paraschiva Dragus
Christian Friedel	...	Lehrer
Steffi Kühnert
Michael Schenk
Michael Kranz	...	Hauslehrer
Sebastian Hülk	...	Max
Leonard Proxauf	...	Martin
Maria-Victoria Dragus
Leonie Benesch	...	Eva
Ursina Lardi	...	Baronin Marie-Luise
Theo Trebs	...	Ferdinand
Anne-Kathrin Gummich
Hanus Polak Jr.	...	2. Kriminalbeamter
Kai-Peter Malina	...	Karl
Enno Trebs	...	Georg
Vincent Krüger
Marvin Ray Spey	...	Hans
Levin Henning	...	Pfarrerssohn Adolf
Leonard Boes
Lilli Trebs
Sara Schivazappa	...	Nursemaid
Ole Joensson
Aaron Denkel
Thibault Sérié	...	Gustav

Also Known As:

A White Ribbon (Europe: English title)
Le ruban blanc (France)
The White Ribbon (International: English title)
The White Tape or the Teacher's Tale (International: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

Austria | Germany | France | Italy

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Filming Locations:

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Company:

Wega Film

Trivia:

Michael Haneke planned this movie with Ulrich Mühe as the main character of a school teacher.

Masterpiece

The origin of the Evil. The crime grows up in a little village. Slowly but deeply. Somebody said this film describes the Nazism's birth. I don't know this. This incredible perfect movie (look at the amazing cinematography!) paints(sometimes It seems to watch a Vermeer's work turned into B/W) the human Evil. Cause - as Haneke shows with his other pictures - the Evil, the perfect blind Evil (with the capital E) belongs to human nature. "DWB" reminds me the best achievements of European masters from the North like Carl T. Dreyer or Ingmar Bergman. When you sit down in a dark room and watch this kind of stuff (I pay my respect using this word) you have the possibility to live an experience. You extend your knowledge. Cause art - probably - is something like this.