Trailers For Mikhael Hanekes “The White Ribbon”

2 trailers for   Mikhael Hanekes ” The White Ribbon” , which won golden palm on Cannes Film Festival this year.The film works on several levels – as a story of hypocritical adults and their unbalanced children, a picture of patriarchal community life and a snapshot of how 20th century Germany was shaped.

It’s also Haneke working in unusually classical fashion. Aided by crisp, often startling images shot by Christian Berger, the film-maker weaves his web of storylines with a traditional voiceover, a linear narrative and fine period detail.

Created and written by the director with script guidance from the great Jean-Claude Carriere, The White Ribbon takes place over two years from 1913-1914 in a staunchly Protestant, rural community in Northern Germany. Narrated by an old man (Jacobi) recalling his years as the village schoolteacher (when he is played by the appealing Friedel), the story begins with a mysterious accident in which the local doctor (Bock) falls off his horse and breaks his collarbone, apparently tripped by a wire planted at the gate to his house.