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.
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Studio
Lucky Red
Language
de
Status
Released
How The White Ribbon performed
Budget
$21.6M
Worldwide Gross
$11.7M
Gross Profit
−$9.9M
Return
0.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
The School Teacher
Christian Friedel
The School Teacher
The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
Ernst Jacobi
The School Teacher as an Old Man (voice)
Eva
Leonie Benesch
Eva
The Baron
Ulrich Tukur
The Baron
Sigmund
Fion Mutert
Sigmund
Marie Louise
Ursina Lardi
Marie Louise
The Pastor
Burghart Klaußner
The Pastor
The Pastor's Wife
Steffi Kühnert
The Pastor's Wife
Klara
Maria Dragus
Klara
The Steward
Josef Bierbichler
The Steward
The Doctor
Rainer Bock
The Doctor
The Midwife
Susanne Lothar
The Midwife
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