Director: Michael Haneke
Original Title: Das Weiße Band
Language: German
Main Cast: Christian Friedel, Burghart Klaußner, Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler
The master Michael Haneke always likes to make his audiences work hard, and this pre-World War One drama is no exception. Shot in black and white and set in 1913, it examines the children in an ordered and repressed German society who would go on, two decades later, to prove a very powerful and violent force indeed…
This is a superbly acted and directed drama, disturbing and profoundly thought-provoking.
Philip French wrote
“It’s as exciting as a thriller but Haneke’s cool movie never lacks conviction or edges into melodrama.”
- The Guardian
- The Telegraph
