Culver City, CA (April 19, 2010) – The winner of the 2010 Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Language Film and an Academy Award®-nominee for both Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Cinematography, The White Ribbon will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD on June 29, 2010 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. This Sony Pictures Classics film was written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Michael Haneke (Caché) and stars Ulrich Tukur (The Lives of Others), Burghart Klaussner (The Reader) and Rainer Bock (Inglorious Basterds). The White Ribbon will be available for an SLP of $38.96 for Blu-ray and $28.95 for DVD. The Blu-ray release will include four exclusive featurettes that focus on the making of the film, an interview with the director, the presentation of the film in Cannes and a piece on the career of Michael Haneke called “My Life.”
The White Ribbon’s cinematographer, Christian Berger, has been honored with numerous awards including the American Society of Cinematography’s ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in Theatrical Releases (only the third foreign language film to ever win this prestigious award). Berger also won the Best Cinematography Awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle. In addition, The White Ribbon won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, the European Film Award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter and Best Foreign Language Film from the Toronto Film Critics.
Synopsis
On the eve of World War I, strange accidents in a small Protestant village in Northern Germany involve the children and teenagers of a choir run by the schoolteacher and their families. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery as these events gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual.
The White Ribbon was written and directed by Michael Haneke. Produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz and Andrea Occhipinti. The film stars Christian Friedel, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaussner and Rainer Bock.
BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:
▪ Making Of “The White Ribbon”
▪ “My Life” – A look at Michael Haneke’s career
▪ Cannes Film Festival Premiere
▪ An Interview with Michael Haneke