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The White Ribbon

Year:

2009

Duration:

144 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Michael Haneke

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 59 wins & 26 nominations

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2009-09-24

Filming Locations: Evangelical Church, Netzow, Plattenburg, Brandenburg, Germany

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $59,848 (USA) (3 January 2010)

Gross: $2,222,647 (USA) (30 May 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

The White Ribbon

Christian Friedel

The School Teacher

Ernst Jacobi

The School Teacher as an Old Man

Leonie Benesch

Eva

Ulrich Tukur

The Baron

Ursina Lardi

The Baroness

Fion Mutert

Sigi

Michael Kranz

The Tutor

Burghart Klaußner

The Pastor

Steffi Kühnert

The Pastor's Wife

Maria-Victoria Dragus

Klara

Leonard Proxauf

Martin

Levin Henning

Adolf

Johanna Busse

Margarete

Thibault Sérié

Gustav

Josef Bierbichler

The Steward

Gabriela Maria Schmeide

The Steward's Wife

Janina Fautz

Erna

Enno Trebs

Georg

Theo Trebs

Ferdinand

Rainer Bock

The Doctor

Susanne Lothar

The Midwife

Roxane Duran

Anna

Miljan Chatelain

Rudolf

Eddy Grahl

Karli

Branko Samarovski

The Farmer

Klaus Manchen

The Farmer

Birgit Minichmayr

Frieda

Sebastian Hülk

Max

Kai-Peter Malina

Karl

Kristina Kneppek

Else

Stephanie Amarell

Sophie

Bianca Mey

Paula

Aaron Denkel

Kurti

Mika Ahrens

Willi

Detlev Buck

Eva's Father

Anne-Kathrin Gummich

Eva's Mother

Luzie Ahrens

Schoolchild

Gary Bestla

Schoolchild

Leonard Boes

Schoolchild

Felix Boettcher

Schoolchild

Sophie Czech

Schoolchild

Paraschiva Dragus

Schoolchild

Selina Ewald

Schoolchild

Nora Gruler

Schoolchild

Tim Guderjahn

Schoolchild

Jonas Jennerjahn

Schoolchild

Ole Joensson

Schoolchild

Gerrit Langentepe

Schoolchild

Lena Pankow

Schoolchild

Sebastian Pauli

Schoolchild

Franz Rewoldt

Schoolchild

Kevin Schmolinski

Schoolchild

Alexander Sedl

Schoolchild

Nino Seide

Schoolchild

Marvin Ray Spey

Schoolchild

Malin Steffen

Schoolchild

Lilli Trebs

Schoolchild

Paul Wolf

Schoolchild

Margarete Zimmermann

Schoolchild

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Bathing Midwife

Christian Klischat

Gendarm

Michael Schenk

Detective

Hanus Polak Jr.

Detective

Sara Schivazappa

The Italian Nanny

Marisa Growaldt

The Maid

Vincent Krüger

Fritz

Rüdiger Hauffe

Workman

Florian Köhler

Farmer

Sebastian Lach

Foreign Harvester

Marcin Tyrol

Foreign Harvester

Sebastian Badurek

Foreign Harvester

Krzysztof Zarzecki

Foreign Harvester

Sebastian Pawlak

Foreign Harvester

Lilli Fichtner

Girl at Harvest Feast

Amelie Litwin

Girl at Harvest Feast

Paula Kalinski

Girl at Harvest Feast

Matthias Linke

Band Musician

Vladik Otaryan

Band Musician

Peter Mörike

Band Musician

Hans-Matthias Glassmann

Band Musician

Nikita Vaganov

Band Musician

Mercedes Jadea Diaz

Eva's Sister

Did you know?

Trivia

In the dance scene, where the camera moves in 360 degrees, tiles were added frame by frame to replace the original Eternit roofs.

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Michael Haneke wanted the environments to be very dark, so many indoor scenes used only practical light sources such as oil lamps and candles. In some of the darkest scenes, where the crew had been forced to add artificial lighting, extra shadows could be removed in the digital post-production which allowed for extensive retouching.

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After it lost the Best Foreign Film Oscar, a few articles were written exposing that the Academy voters for this category were not obligated to view all the films before voting.

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Quotes

The Doctor: My God, why don't you just die?

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Martin: I gave God a chance to kill me. He didn't do it, so he's pleased with me.

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Faq

What is "The White Ribbon" about?

The White Ribbon tells the story of a pre-WWI German school teacher (Christian Friedel) who suspects that the local pastor (Burghart Klaußner), doctor (Rainer Bock), and baron (Ulrich Tukur) are bullying the women, children, and peasant farmers of the village and how that abuse is influencing the children to strike out in increasingly sadistic ways. The movie brings up a reflection about the origins of cruelty on society.

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Is the movie based on a book?

No. The White Ribbon was written and directed by Austrian film-maker Michael Haneke.

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