On the eve of World War II in Eichwald, a village in Protestant northern Germany, the rather oppressed children of the pastor (Burghart Klaussner), the widowed doctor (Rainer Bock) and the disliked landowner Baron (Ulrich Tukur) experience a series of bizarrely violent incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. The schoolteacher (Christian Friedl), who develops an attraction for the Baron's new nanny Eva (Leonie Benesch) is drawn into the mystery as he tries to find the perpetrators.
Director:
Michael Haneke
Year:
2009
Country:
Germ
Cast:
Leonie Benesch, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock
Classification:
M
Certification:
C