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The Piano Teacher (2001)

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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Haneke
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    Erika Kohut Isabelle Huppert
  • Profile picture of Annie Girardot
    The Mother Annie Girardot
  • Profile picture of Benoît Magimel
    Walter Klemmer Benoît Magimel
  • Profile picture of Susanne Lothar
    Mrs. Schober Susanne Lothar
  • Profile picture of Udo Samel
    Dr. George Blonskij Udo Samel
  • Profile picture of Anna Sigalevitch
    Anna Schober Anna Sigalevitch
  • Profile picture of Cornelia Köndgen
    Mme Gerda Blonskij Cornelia Köndgen
  • Profile picture of Thomas Weinhappel
    Baritone Thomas Weinhappel

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  • love
  • perversion
  • loneliness
  • female protagonist
  • pianist
  • attraction
  • vienna, austria
  • desire
  • domineering mother
  • older woman younger man relationship
  • character study
  • voyeur
  • piano
  • abuse
  • repression
  • self-harm
  • complex
  • mother daughter relationship
  • age-gap relationship
  • kink
  • power dynamics
  • romantic
  • bold