Directed by:
Michael HanekeScreenplay:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesCast:
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann, Wolfgang Glück, Christoph Bantzer, Susanne Meneghel (more)VOD (2)
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A succession of games between victims and perpetrators - and between auteur and spectator - this film by Michael Haneke begins with Anna (Susanne Lothar), Georg (Ulrich Muehe), and their son Georgia play a guessing game en route to their lakeside vacation home. But a soporific rural escape rapidly turns into a home-invasion nightmare as Paul (Arno Frisch) and Petr (Frank Giering) break into their house, claiming to be neighbors' relative. The serial-killer duo inexplicably imprison this upper class Austrian family, irrationally switching from physical assaults to moments of emotional harassment and vicious psychological tortures. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Susanne Lothar
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Ulrich Mühe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Arno Frisch
Austria
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Benny's Video (1992)
Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008)
Frank Giering
East Germany
Best movies:
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Funny Games (1997)
Gigantics (1999)
Stefan Clapczynski
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Doris Kunstmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Wolfgang Glück
Austria
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Red Sun (1970)
Christoph Bantzer
German Empire
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
4 Kings (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Susanne Meneghel
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Monika Zallinger
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)