Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, AT-FR-DE 2009 b&w 145 min.
dir: Michael Haneke
pro: Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka, Stefan Arndt, X-Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film, Les Films du Losange, Lucky Red
sc: Michael Haneke zdj|ph Christian Berger
ed: Monika Willi
cast: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Fion Mutert, Michael Kranz, Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi, Burghart Klaussner, Steffi Kühnert, Josef Bierbichler
dis: Monolith

Acclaimed auteur Michael Haneke returns to his classic themes of guilt, denial and violence in this haunting and provocative feature which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2009. In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions?

Cannes FF 2009 – Palme d’Or, FIPRESCI Prize (Competition)
European Film Awards 2009 – EFA for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter
German candidate for Oscars as the Best Foreign Language Film