Uploaded February 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Long before he won the Palme d'Or for his latest film THE WHITE RIBBON (2009), Michael Haneke was known throughout the world for his cinematic examinations of various violent phenomena. He talked to us about how far cinema can go in portraying violence and what kind of importance the showing or not-showing of cruelties inheres.

Interview by: Felix von Boehm
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