The White Ribbon Reviews

“The White Ribbon is a film by Austrian producer...”

Written on: 24/02/2010 by tobiasm (15 reviews written)

The White Ribbon is a film by Austrian producer Michael Haneke. I've seen it not long ago in the cinema of the Institut Francais in London. I thought the film was very good and very worth watching.

The story takes place in the year of 1914, only weeks before the outbreak of the first world war, in a small village in Northern Germany. The film is shot in black-and-white.

The plot of the film is narrated in retrospective by a former habitant of the village, who used to be the teacher there.... (read more)