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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Language
Budget$6,200,000
Revenue $6,766,708
Français,
Deutsch
Budget$6,200,000
Revenue $6,766,708
Keywords
mother
concert
based on novel or book
fetish
conservatory
masochism
victim
piano lessons
teacher
love
perversion
loneliness
female protagonist
pianist
attraction
vienna, austria
desire
domineering mother
older woman younger man relationship
character study
voyeur
piano
abuse
repression
self-harm
complex
mother daughter relationship
age-gap relationship
kink
power dynamics
romantic
bold
Casts

Isabelle Huppert
Erika Kohut

Annie Girardot
The Mother

Benoît Magimel
Walter Klemmer

Susanne Lothar
Mrs. Schober

Udo Samel
Dr. George Blonskij

Anna Sigalevitch
Anna Schober

Cornelia Köndgen
Mme Gerda Blonskij

Thomas Weinhappel
Baritone

Georg Friedrich
Man in drive-in

Philipp Heiss
Naprawnik

William Mang
Teacher

Rudolf Melichar
Director

Michael Schottenberg
Teacher

Gabriele Schuchter
Margot

Dieter Berner
Singing Teacher
Volker Waldegg
Teacher
Martina Resetarits
Teacher
Annemarie Schleinzer
Teacher

Karoline Zeisler
Teacher

Liliana Nelska
Secretary

Luz Leskowitz
Violinist
Viktor Teuflmayr
Pianist

Vivian Bartsch
Woman in drive-in
Florian Koban
Pupil
Thomas Auner
Haydn Pianist

Andreas Donat
Chopin Pianist

Gerti Drassl

Klaus Händl

Erika Kollmann-Till

Nina Kripas
Esther Pils
Petra Reichel
Arbesi Sufi
Marcus Zeuner

Eva Green
Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Crews
Christoph Kanter
Production Design

Michael Haneke
Screenplay
Annette Beaufays
Costume Design

Michael Haneke
Director

Christian Berger
Director of Photography

Veit Heiduschka
Producer
Wolfgang Vince
Gaffer

Stefan Biebl
Steadicam Operator
Fritz Noltmann
Assistant Director

Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator
Katharina Biró
Assistant Director
Geoffrey Kleindorfer
Visual Effects
Hanuš Polak jr.
First Assistant Director
Hans Wagner
Special Effects

Elfriede Jelinek
Novel
Hans Wagner
Set Decoration

Monika Willi
Editor

Jean-Pierre Laforce
Sound Mixer
Françoise Andrejka
Makeup Artist

Nadine Muse
Sound Editor

Nadine Muse
Editor
Ellen Just-Hofmann
Makeup Artist
Fabienne Bressan
Hairstylist

Guillaume Sciama
Sound Designer
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Key Makeup Artist
Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Effects Designer
Michaela Payer
Makeup Effects Designer
Gustavo Sapão
Assistant Production Design
Kris Portier de Bellair
Casting
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Makeup Artist

Markus Schleinzer
Casting
Pascal Chauvin
Foley Artist

Yvon Crenn
Executive Producer
Christine Gozlan
Executive Producer

Michael Katz
Executive Producer
Peter Ecker
Props

Marin Karmitz
Producer

Alain Sarde
Producer
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