
The Piano Teacher
(2001)
La pianiste
Perversion at its wicked best!










Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke, Elfriede Jelinek
Language: English
Studio: Arte
Duration: 131
Rated: R
DVD Release: November 2002
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?
Isabelle Huppert | Erika Kohut |
Annie Girardot | The mother |
Benoît Magimel | Walter Klemmer |
Susanne Lothar | Mrs. Schober |
Udo Samel | Dr. George Blonskij |
Anna Sigalevitch | Anna Schober |
Cornelia Köndgen | Mme Gerda Blonskij |
Thomas Weinhappel | Baritone |
Georg Friedrich | Man in drive-in |
Philipp Heiss | Naprawnik |
William Mang | Teacher |
Rudolf Melichar | Director |
Michael Schottenberg | Teacher |
Gabriele Schuchter | Margot |
Dieter Berner | Singing teacher |
Volker Waldegg | Teacher |
Martina Resetarits | Teacher |
Annemarie Schleinzer | Teacher |
Karoline Zeisler | Teacher |
Liliana Nelska | Secretary |
Liliane Neiska | Secretary |
Luz Leskowitz | Violinist |
Viktor Teuflmayr | Pianist |
Viviane Bartsch | Woman in drive-in (as Vivian Bartsch) |
Florian Koban | Pupil |
Thomas Auner | Haydn pianist |
Noam Morgensztern | The first pupil (voice) |
Andreas Donat | Chopin Pianist |
Christian Berger | Cinematographer |
Gerti Drassl | |
Klaus Händl | |
Francis Haines | Composer |
Erika Kollmann-Till | (as Erika Kollmann) |
Nadine Muse | Film Editor |
Monika Willi | Film Editor |
Nina Kripas | |
Pascal Chauvin | Sound Department |
Esther Pils | |
Pascal Dedeye | Sound Department |
Petra Reichel | |
Othmar Eichinger | Sound Department |
Marcus Zeuner | |
Dominique Eyraud | Sound Department |
Arbesi Sufi | |
Eva Green | La petite amie de Walter |
Hans-Christian Haas | Man Listening to Concert |
Jean-Pierre Laforce | Sound Department |
Guillaume Sciama | Sound Department |
Lisa Olah | Sex shop girl (as Lisa Wölzl) |
Christoph Kanter | Production Designer |
Hans Wagner | Set Decorator |
Vitus Wieser | Klemmer's Friend |
Annette Beaufays | Custome Designer |
Françoise Andrejka | Makeup Artist |
Fabienne Bressan | hair stylist |
Ellen Just | Makeup Artist |
Thi-Loan Nguyen | key makeup artist |
Michaela Oppl | special makeup effects artist |
Waldemar Pokromski | special makeup effects artist |
Katharina Biró | Assistant Director |
Fritz Noltmann | Assistant Director |
Hanus Polak Jr. | first assistant director |
Gerhard Dhor | construction crew (as Gerhard Dohr) |
Peter Dörflinger | construction crew |
Peter Ecker | props |
Katrin Huber | property master |
Fritz Martan | construction coordinator |
Hannes Salat | props |
Peter Wenhardt | scenic artist |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital
IMDb: 0254686