Cast Christian Friedel Leonie Benesch Ulrich Tukur
Directors Michael Haneke
Screenwriters Michael Haneke
Running Time 144 minutes
The White Ribbon (15)
Plot Many years after the events unfold, a teacher recalls how, in the run-up to World War I, a small Lutheran village in northern Germany came to be plagued by a series of mysterious and increasingly disturbing incidents that began when the local doctor fell from his horse.
Verdict A hard film to love, but a hypnotic meditation on all the elements — gossip, religion, bullying — that can turn a parish and country bad.
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