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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 14 cm)
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2001
Based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek
Wide screen (1.85:1)
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
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"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"--Container
Director of photography, Christian Berger ; editors, Monika Willi, Nadine Muse
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss, William Mang
Rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French dialogue with optional English subtitles