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The White Ribbon
2009
· Movie
· 144 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #709
- IMDb #600
- Rotten Tomatoes #1421
- Metacritic #415
- Letterboxd #218
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1564
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1746
- Metacritic Critics #448
- Metacritic Audience #653
- Criticker #154
- Kinopoisk #1590
- AlloCiné #1809
- Trakt #1395
Every rating
72–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a Protestant village in pre-WWI Germany, a series of strange and violent accidents befall the residents. The town's children, subjected to their elders' harsh and punitive morality, seem to be at the heart of the mystery. The incidents expose the hypocrisy and repressed cruelty festering beneath the village's disciplined surface.
Details
- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Writer
- Michael Haneke
- Released
- 24 September 2009
- Country
- Italy, Germany, Austria, France
- Language
- German, Italian, Polish, Latin
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $21.6M
- Box office
- $11.7M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →1 major award won · 11 wins from 15 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Palme d'Or 2009 | Palme d'Or | Winner | |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best International Feature Film | Nominee | |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Christian Berger | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2010 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Germany | Nominee |
| Amanda Award 2010 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner | |
| Meeting Point Europe Award 2010 | Meeting Point Europe Award | Winner | |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Film | Andrea Occhipinti | Winner |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Film | Michael Katz | Winner |
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Palme d'Or
1 nomination, 1 won
| Palme d'Or | Winner |
82nd Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Christian Berger | Nominee |
| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Germany | Nominee |
22nd European Film Awards
9 nominations, 8 won
| Best Director | Michael Haneke | Winner |
| Best Film | Andrea Occhipinti | Winner |
| Best Film | Michael Katz | Winner |
| Best Film | Stefan Arndt | Winner |
| Best Film | Michael Haneke | Winner |
| Best Film | Veit Heiduschka | Winner |
| Best Film | Margaret Menegoz | Winner |
| Best Screenwriter | Michael Haneke | Winner |
| Best Cinematographer | Christian Berger | Nominee |
Amanda Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner |
Meeting Point Europe Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Meeting Point Europe Award | Winner |