The White Ribbon
DramaMysterychild abuseauthoritypastornannynorthern germanypunishmentpuritanincesttailorschool teacherfuture warsuppression
A haunting, deliberately ambiguous investigation into how authoritarianism, shame, and suppression breed cruelty in a closed rural community on the eve of catastrophe.
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
Essence
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Christian Friedel
The School Teacher
Ernst Jacobi
The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
Leonie Benesch
Eva
Ulrich Tukur
The Baron
Fion Mutert
Sigmund
Ursina Lardi
Marie Louise
Burghart Klaußner
The Pastor
Steffi Kühnert
The Pastor's Wife
Maria Dragus
Klara
Josef Bierbichler
The Steward
Rainer Bock
The Doctor
Susanne Lothar
The Midwife
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