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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/991/159991579_6fe88f.jpg)
Susanne Lothar
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Ulrich Mühe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/791/168791775_wnxeoy.png)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172600_9a765f.jpg)
Frank Giering
East Germany
Best movies:
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Funny Games (1997)
Gigantics (1999)
Stefan Clapczynski
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
![Doris Kunstmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/039/160039223_1efb13.jpg)
Doris Kunstmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
![Wolfgang Glück](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/213/160213762_4912a3.jpg)
Wolfgang Glück
Austria
Best movies:
Funny Games (1997)
Red Sun (1970)
![Christoph Bantzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/521/162521919_d95a50.jpg)
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)