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Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, she is a repressed woman, who in her late thirties still lives at home with her mother. Walter Klemmer, a self assured student tries to seduce Erika, but is unprepared for the desire that he unleashes... French dialogue with subtitles.Product Identifiers
ProducerVeit Heiduschka
EAN5021866214306
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951786
Product Key Features
ActorIsabelle Huppert, Cornelia Kondgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Susanne Lothar, Benoit Magimel, Annie Girardot, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
Film/TV TitleThe Piano Teacher
DirectorMichael Haneke
LanguageFrench
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time129 Mins
Aspect RatioWide Screen
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles, Interview With Michael Haneke\Interview With Isabelle Huppert\Interview With Benoit Magimel\Theatrical Trailer
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
Executive ProducerYvon Crenn, Christine Gozlan, Michael Katz
Additional InformationErika (Isabelle Huppert) teaches classical piano in a cold and often abrasive style. Approaching middle age, Erika lives with her doting mother (Annie Girardot) and still sleeps in the same bed with her. Erika's social life consists of occasionally sneaking away to a peep show where she secretly comes into contact with perverse passion, often using the discarded trash of previous customers. Her beautiful piano playing seduces youthful Walter (Benoit Magimel), who then takes the instructor's advanced class. Walter reveals his desire during a class session. Erika reacts curiously, presenting a long list of cruel, humiliating sexual acts she would like him to perform on her. Meanwhile, the teacher also torments a talented student (Anna Sigalevitch) who is already plagued by her own fears.<BR>Michael Haneke (CODE UNKNOWN) directed this unflinching allegorical tale of cruelty. The film caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival where it was controversial not only for its subject matter, but also because it won multiple awards there--the Grand Prize and acting awards for both Huppert and Magimel--despite leaving many audience members outraged. Based on a novel by Elfriede Jelinek, the film features numerous classical piano sonatas banged out in an aggressive style.
ScreenwriterMichael Haneke
AuthorAlfriede Jelinek
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.0
Movie/TV TitleThe Piano Teacher
Director of PhotographyChristian Berger