The White Ribbon (2009)

09/24/2009 (IT) • 2h 24m

Drama, Mystery

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Christian Friedel

The School Teacher

Ernst Jacobi

The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)

Ulrich Tukur

The Baron

Ursina Lardi

Marie Louise

Steffi Kühnert

The Pastor's Wife


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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

$21,555,450.00

Revenue

$11,652,157.00

Keywords

child abuse

authority

pastor

nanny

northern germany

punishment

puritan

incest

tailor

school teacher

future war

suppression

shame

small village

land baron

village people

1910s

east elbia

landowner

patronage

rural setting

villagers

fear of the unknown

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