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An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.
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- TriviaThis film, being German, inherits the - "duzen" and "Siezen" - of the German language and social custom. Translating it into English is problematic.
- GoofsIn several sequences where we see Jenny playing the piano, the notes we hear do not correspond to the keys she plays.
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Gerhard von Loeben: I hope you win, Jenny.
Jenny von Loeben: I hope you die, Daddy.
- ConnectionsReferences The Blues Brothers (1980)
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incredibly good film
I won't bore you with many words on this film: just go and see it. it is incredible. when I saw it at the cinema, at the end people clapped hands like in a theater. DON'T MISS IT.
the old and very severe Traude Krueger gives piano lessons in a prison and happens to notice the solitary, violent and rebellious but extremely talented Jenny and decides to make her participate (and surely win) in a piano competition facing all the problems of jenny's state as a prisoner and of their relationship (passing from indifference and not-liking each other to appreciation and a sort of friendship). the film alternates the present events and scenes from the also tormented past of the old teacher during the Nazi period. it shows the importance of not only punishing prisoners but the need of rehabilitation, of giving them a target, a dream in their otherwise useless lives.
the old and very severe Traude Krueger gives piano lessons in a prison and happens to notice the solitary, violent and rebellious but extremely talented Jenny and decides to make her participate (and surely win) in a piano competition facing all the problems of jenny's state as a prisoner and of their relationship (passing from indifference and not-liking each other to appreciation and a sort of friendship). the film alternates the present events and scenes from the also tormented past of the old teacher during the Nazi period. it shows the importance of not only punishing prisoners but the need of rehabilitation, of giving them a target, a dream in their otherwise useless lives.
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- Jul 27, 2007
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- €1,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $9,315,125
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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