Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) (2009)






Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.


Books with substantial mentioning of Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon)

Oliver C. Speck
Funny frames, The filmic concepts of Michael Haneke
New York, 2010

Articles on Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon)

Alexander Horwath, The Haneke Code, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (november/december), 2009 pp. 26-31

Jörg Gerle, Die Kunst des Filmhandwerks: "Hangover"/"Das weiße Band", in: Filmdienst, nr. 26, 2009 pp. 7

Margrit Frölich, Die guten Hirten, in: epd Film, nr. 10, 2009 pp. 12

Reviews

Damon Wise, The White Ribbon, The black-and-white shocker that got the Golden Palm, in: Empire, nr. 246 (December), 2009 pp. 74

Nev Pierce, The White Ribbon, in: Empire, nr. 250 (April), 2010 pp. 150 (DVD review)

Ralf Blau, Das weisse Band, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 377 (Oktober), 2009 pp. 64

Kyra Scheurer, Am Pranger, in: Schnitt, nr. 56, 2009 pp. 36

Martin Thomson, Das Gleichgewicht der Grausamkeit, in: Schnitt, nr. 56, 2009 pp. 37

Bettina Schuler, Die dunkle Seite, in: Schnitt, nr. 56, 2009 pp. 37

Marli Feldvoß, Das weiße Band, in: epd Film, nr. 10, 2009 pp. 30-31

Rudolf Worschech, Fragende Gesichter, in: epd Film, nr. 4, 2010 pp. 59 (DVD review)



Year: 2009
Country: Germany
Austria
France
Italy
Language: German
Italian
Polish
 
IMDb: 1149362