The White Ribbon

Sep 24, 2009

2h 24m

★ 7.5

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.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Lucky Red

Wega Film

Les Films du Losange

X Filme Creative Pool

The White Ribbon Trailers

Cast

The School Teacher

Christian Friedel

The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)

Ernst Jacobi

Eva

Leonie Benesch

The Baron

Ulrich Tukur

Sigmund

Fion Mutert

Marie Louise

Ursina Lardi

The Pastor

Burghart Klaußner

The Pastor's Wife

Steffi Kühnert

Klara

Maria Dragus

The Steward

Josef Bierbichler

The Doctor

Rainer Bock

The Midwife

Susanne Lothar

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