But what he does say is that he was attempting “to clarify things that happened in our country,” leading even a casual observer to believe he might be on a personal contemplative investigation into the cruelty that was yet to appear inside Germany during the Great War (WWI) that was to follow. Why he’s doing this retrospective voice-over and for whom, we don’t know. This same teacher is doing the voice-over narration during the film (Ernst Jacobi)-and he’s recalling the series of unusual events that occurred in the year 1913-14, when he was still a young man, and hired on to work at the school near the estate of the Baron (Ulrich Tukur), in an ordinary German village. On the other, there is an enduring quest for truth that is ingeniously portrayed by the character of “the teacher” (Christian Friedel) and craftily written into the script. It was even difficult to give it a moral rating (above) because, on one hand, there are many disturbing elements in the film that can affect the soul and trouble the mind. Not of the horror variety, but more Hitchcock-like: it’s what you can’t see on screen, but know is happening, that is so eerily troubling. “The White Ribbon” received such applause this year, winning the prized Palme d’Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and a 2010 Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.ĭespite the acclaim, this film is not for the faint at heart, since this one, like most of Haneke’s films, traffics in shock and awe. It is this rich background, his devotion to the arts, and his apparent desire to communicate the story of the human condition-without judgment-that compels audiences everywhere to applaud his work. He has created award-winning films in French, German, and English-and continues to teach directing at the Film Academy in Vienna. Over the past 35 years Haneke has produced a large body of work-ranging from television, to stage, to movies. Although I had only seen a few of Haneke’s films prior to “The White Ribbon,” I believe I would now recognize one if I saw one (with the credits hidden)-much like I’m able to distinguish a Fellini or Bergman film-because of the inimitable techniques of the director. Haneke’s use of locked down shots with characters entering the scene at the last possible moment and exiting nearly as quickly, shooting heavily condensed time sequences, and shots with a consistent camera focus on the opening and shutting of doors, have created a style that has essentially become its own genre. By empowering, I mean, he actively draws the viewers into the film whereby they are required to become both judge and jury without the help of gimmicks, script rewrites, or sloppy characters. “The White Ribbon” (German: “Das weiße Band”), written and directed by Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke, continues in his unique tradition of empowering the viewer at all costs, and creating a piece of cinema that is unforgettable. X-Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film, Les Films du Losange, Lucky Red, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, German Federal Film Board, Mini-Traité Franco-Canadien, Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Financing Fund, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Eurimages, Canal+, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Michael Katz, Margaret Ménégoz, Ulli Neumann, Andrea Occhipinti Eddy Grahl, Branko Samarovski, Klaus Manchen, Birgit Minichmayr, Sebastian Hülk, Kai-Peter Malina, Kristina Kneppek, Stephanie Amarell, Aaron Denkel, Detlev Buck, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Luzie Ahrens, Gary Bestla, Leonard Boes, Felix Boettcher, Sophie Czech, Paraschiva Dragus, Selina Ewald, Nora Gruler, Tim Guderjahn, Jonas Jennerjahn, Ole Joensson, Gerrit Langentepe, Lena Pankow, Sebastian Pauli, Franz Rewoldt, Kevin Schmolinski, Alexander Sedl, Nino Seide, Marvin Ray Spey, Malin Steffen, Lilli Trebs, Paul Wolf, Margarete Zimmermann, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Christian Klischat, Michael Schenk, Hanus Polak Jr., Sara Schivazappa, Marisa Growaldt, Vincent Krüger, Rüdiger Hauffe, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Florian Köhler, Sebastian Lach, Marcin Tyrol, Sebastian Badurek, Krysiek Zarzecki, Sebastian Pawlak, Lilli Fichtner, Amelie Litwin, Paula Kalinski, Vladik Otaryan, Peter Mörike, Hans-Matthias Glassmann, Nikita Vaganov, Mercedes Jadea Diaz
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