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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, Metacritic 84/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 1,200 audience votes. Scores higher than 95% of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic84/100
1,179 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael HanekeDirector
- Michael HanekeScreenplay
Cast
- Christian FriedelThe School Teacher
- Ernst JacobiThe School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
- Leonie BeneschEva
- Ulrich TukurThe Baron
- Fion MutertSigmund
- Ursina LardiMarie Louise
- Burghart KlaußnerThe Pastor
- Steffi KühnertThe Pastor's Wife
- Maria DragusKlara
- Josef BierbichlerThe Steward
- Rainer BockThe Doctor
- Susanne LotharThe Midwife
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Themes
child abuseauthoritypastornannynorthern germanypunishmentpuritanincesttailorschool teacherfuture warsuppression
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