The Piano Teacher

Sep 5, 2001

2h 11m

★ 7.3

Overview

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Wega Film

MK2 Films

Les Films Alain Sarde

ARTE France Cinéma

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Cast

Erika Kohut

Isabelle Huppert

The Mother

Annie Girardot

Walter Klemmer

Benoît Magimel

Mrs. Schober

Susanne Lothar

Dr. George Blonskij

Udo Samel

Anna Schober

Anna Sigalevitch

Mme Gerda Blonskij

Cornelia Köndgen

Baritone

Thomas Weinhappel

Man in drive-in

Georg Friedrich

Naprawnik

Philipp Heiss

Teacher

William Mang

Director

Rudolf Melichar

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