
24 Sep 2009

The White Ribbon
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
Hannah Bäumer
Horst Bäumer
Harald Winken
Arnie
Postbote Enno
Marc Fischer
Rita Frings
Bauer Frings
Ulla
Polizist Meierich
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