Director – Michael Haneke – 2009 – Austria, Germany – Cert. 15 – 144m ***** Reviewed for Third Way magazine to coincide with UK release date 13/11/2009. Plays in Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective, in UK cinemas from Friday, June 6th and on BFI Player from Thursday, September 11th 2025. Haneke’s first period drama for […]
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The White Ribbon
(Das Weiße Band)
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- Post date June 13 2024
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(Das Weiße Band)
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