The White Ribbon

Nan
2h 24m
2009
7.481 /10 (1,077)

Overview

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Country : Italy, Germany, Austria, France
Languages : Italiano, Deutsch, Polski
Released Date: 2009-09-24

Top Billed Cast

Christian Friedel

The School Teacher

Ernst Jacobi

The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)

Leonie Benesch

Eva

Ulrich Tukur

The Baron

Fion Mutert

Sigmund

Ursina Lardi

Marie Louise

Burghart Klaußner

The Pastor

Steffi Kühnert

The Pastor's Wife

Maria Dragus

Klara

Josef Bierbichler

The Steward

Rainer Bock

The Doctor

Susanne Lothar

The Midwife

Roxane Duran

Anna

Eddy Grahl

Karli

Levin Henning

Adolf

Leonard Proxauf

Martin

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