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The Piano Teacher (2002)

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R | 2 hr 1 mins | Drama, Foreign, Adaptation | Released: 3/29/2002 |Box Office Total: $1.7M

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Synopsis:

Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory prestigious music school in Vienna. In her early forties and single, she lives with her overprotective and controlling mother in a hermetically sealed world of love-hate and dependency, where there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex shops and experimenting with masochism. Ata a recital, she befriends Walter, a handsome young man, whom she seduces and with whom she begins an illicit affair. As Erika slowly drifts closer to the brink of emotional disorder, she uses the love-stricken Walter to explore her darkest sado-masochistic fantasies, which eventually lead to her undoing.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/29/2002

Director	Credit
Michael Haneke	Director
Cast	Credit
Isabelle Huppert	Erika Kohut
Annie Girardot	The Mother
Benoît Magimel	Walter Klemmer
Anna Sigalevitch	Anna Schober
Susanne Lothar	Mrs Schober
Udo Samel	Doctor Blonskij
Production Credits	Credit
Michael Katz	Executive Producer
Veit Heiduschka	Producer
Marin Karmitz	Producer
Yvon Crenn	Executive Producer
Alain Sarde	Producer
Christine Gozlan	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
MK2 International	Production Company
Cinea-Les Film Alain Sarde	Production Company
Cie/Arte France Cinema	Production Company
WEGA-Film	Production Company
Nippon Herald Films, Inc	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
MK2 International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Star Kino Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Kino Productions	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Vienna, Austria
Writer	Credit
Elfriede Jelinek	Source Material
Michael Haneke	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Christoph Kanter	Production Designer
Film Camera	Credit
Christian Berger	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
MK2 International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Martin Achenbach	Music
Production Management	Credit
Hanus Polak Jr	Assistant Director
Yvon Crenn	Line Producer
Publicity	Credit
Monica Donati	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Guillaume Sciama	Sound
Jean-Pierre LaForce	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Annette Beaufays	Costume Designer

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