Piano Teacher= La pianiste
(DVD)

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Haneke, Michael, 1942- film director,
Heiduschka, Veit, film producer.
Berger, Christian, 1945- director of photography.
Muse, Nadine, editor of moving image work.
Huppert, Isabelle, actor.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 130 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Language
fre
UPC
715515204019

Notes

General Note
Title from screen credits.
General Note
Based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
General Note
Wide screen (1.85:1).
General Note
Special features: new interview with director Michael Haneke; new interview with actress Isabelle Huppert; selected-scene commentary from 2001 featuring Huppert; behind-the-scenes footage featuring Haneke and Huppert; trailer; new English subtitle translation; container insert includes an essay "Bad Romances" by film scholar Moira Weigel.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Christian Berger ; editors, Monika Willi, Nadine Muse.
Participants/Performers
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss, William Mang.
Description
"In this riveting study of the dynamics of control, Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke takes on Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek's controversial 1983 novel about perverse female sexuality and the world of classical music ... Erika [is] a piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother in a claustrophobically codepenƯdent relationƯship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masƯochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life."--Container.
Description
Erika, a repressed, middle-aged piano teacher who has lived with her mother all of her life, becomes infatuated with her young student Walter.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
In French with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Grand Prize of the Jury (Michael Haneke); Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert); Best Actor (Benoît Magimel).

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