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Das weisse Band

The white ribbon : eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
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Feb 14, 2024ThPunnoval rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
On first viewing (about 15 years ago) this item seemed to be a surreal tale of unexplained and unsolved malevolence. This time it appeared to be more of a commentary on the behaviour of the German people. Nobody shows any kindness and…
May 23, 2022lcranmer rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Explores an interesting time, in Germany just prior to WWI. I watched to practice German listening skills. Engages in some disturbing themes. Does not really come to any conclusions about them. Interesting cinematography.
May 16, 2018Zampano1 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This movie is very somber. It is a compelling story about a small northern German village just before WWI. I was intrigued by the "accidents" and the many interesting characters. Burghart Klaussner plays the town pastor - you may…
Jan 28, 2018
One of the objections people have to art films is that events are often puzzling, and worse, the endings are unresolved. I can't promise you won't be mystified about exactly who did what to whom in this early 20th century German village,…
Aug 11, 2017RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The White Ribbon is a stark, contemplative and hauntingly brilliant film.
Dec 27, 2014Nursebob rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Shot in austere B&W Haneke uses an isolated community as an analogy for a world poised on the brink of war. From the harsh dictates of God and King to the suffering of the Innocents, Eichwald is rife with tyrannies and rebellion. Even the…
Vreeah_Nuw
May 23, 2014Vreeah_Nuw rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is my first German pov (i.e. non-american made) film, and first foreign flick in a long time. I kept an open mind throughout keeping up with the subtitles. Some of the subject matter discussed/experienced by the characters is even…
btmslt
Mar 12, 2013btmslt rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A far to slow moving film which I did not finish watching.
xaipe
Mar 07, 2013xaipe rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is not a movie for fans of modern American films with fast-paced dialogue, special effects, car chases and pat, reassuring resolutions to problems. It’s a whodunit without a who and a whydunnit without an answer. The viewer never…
Dec 26, 2012aqiva rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Barely readable white font English language sub-titles that are tiny, lower-case and blurry. When the film imagery is light-in-value towards the bottom of the screen [it's a black & white film] the sub-titles are completely unreadable.
Froster
Jun 26, 2012Froster rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Finally Haneke does things right, and his provocative, cerebral approach to film is matched by passion. The enigmatic, unresolved quality of this movie is its very point. History itself will resolve the repressive, small-minded milieu of…
Jan 05, 2012kirubelgw rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully filmed bleak drama about strange happenings in a small German village just before World War I. As with all Michael Haneke's films, thought-provoking and disturbing, with an unresolved conclusion.
Aug 25, 2011sykch rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
CREEPY...I saw this movie over a year ago, and I still think about it occasionally. If you don't mind subtitles and are used to slower paced movies with psychological drama...this is for you. Critics look too deeply into its meaning and…