Funny Games (1997)
Coming Out at 11 September 1997 in theaters.
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Funny Games is crime thriller film directed and written by Michael Haneke. The film stars Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Stefan Clapczynski, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Christoph Bantzer and Monika von Zallinger. The film primiered at 14 May 1997 on Cannes Film Festival.
An idyllic lakeside vacation home is terrorized by Paul (Arno Frisch) and Peter (Frank Giering), a pair of deeply disturbed young men. When the fearful Anna (Susanne Lothar) is home alone, the two men drop by for a visit that quickly turns violent and terrifying. Husband Georg (Ulrich Mühe) comes to her rescue, but Paul and Peter take the family hostage and subject them to nightmarish abuse and humiliation. From time to time, Paul talks to the film’s audience, making it complicit in the horror.
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Stefan Clapczynski, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Christoph Bantzer, Monika von Zallinger
►Cast
Susanne Lothar | ► | Anna |
Ulrich Mühe | ► | Georg |
Stefan Clapczynski | ► | Schorschi |
Arno Frisch | ► | Paul |
Frank Giering | ► | Peter |
Christoph Bantzer | ► | Fred |
Monika von Zallinger | ► | Eva |
Doris Kunstmann | ► | Gerda |
Wolfgang Glück | ► | Robert |
Susanne Meneghel | ► | Gerdas Schwester |