The Piano Teacher

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

2001

2h 11min

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Isabelle Huppert
Erika Kohut
Annie Girardot
The Mother
Benoît Magimel
Walter Klemmer
Susanne Lothar
Mrs. Schober
Udo Samel
Dr. George Blonskij
Anna Sigalevitch
Anna Schober
Cornelia Köndgen
Mme Gerda Blonskij
Thomas Weinhappel
Baritone
Georg Friedrich
Man in drive-in
Philipp Heiss
Naprawnik
William Mang
Teacher
Rudolf Melichar
Director
Michael Schottenberg
Teacher
Gabriele Schuchter
Margot
Volker Waldegg
Teacher
Martina Resetarits
Teacher
Annemarie Schleinzer
Teacher
Karoline Zeisler
Teacher
Liliana Nelska
Secretary
Luz Leskowitz
Violinist

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