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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
voyeurism
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
Veit Heiduschka
Producer
Michael Haneke
Director
Christoph Kanter
Production Design
Christian Berger
Director of Photography
Michael Haneke
Screenplay
Annette Beaufays
Costume Design
Geoffrey Kleindorfer
Visual Effects
Stefan Biebl
Steadicam Operator
Wolfgang Vince
Gaffer
Katharina Biró
Assistant Director
Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator
Fritz Noltmann
Assistant Director
Hanuš Polak jr.
First Assistant Director
Hans Wagner
Special Effects
Elfriede Jelinek
Novel
Hans Wagner
Set Decoration
Guillaume Sciama
Sound Designer
Ellen Just-Hofmann
Makeup Artist
Jean-Pierre Laforce
Sound Mixer
Fabienne Bressan
Hairstylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Key Makeup Artist
Françoise Andrejka
Makeup Artist
Michaela Payer
Makeup Effects Designer
Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Effects Designer
Nadine Muse
Editor
Monika Willi
Editor
Nadine Muse
Sound Editor
Gustavo Sapão
Assistant Production Design
Kris Portier de Bellair
Casting
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Makeup Artist
Yvon Crenn
Executive Producer
Christine Gozlan
Executive Producer
Michael Katz
Executive Producer
Markus Schleinzer
Casting
Pascal Chauvin
Foley Artist
Peter Ecker
Props
Marin Karmitz
Producer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Backdrops & Posters
