The Piano Teacher
7.320012h 11mReleased
Drama
Romance
Overview
StatusReleased
Release Date2001-09-05
Runtime2h 11m
LanguagesFrançaisDeutsch
CountriesFranceAustriaGermany
Budget$6,200,000
Revenue$6,766,708
Keywords
concert
based on novel or book
music teacher
fetish
conservatory
masochism
victim
piano lessons
teacher
perversion
loneliness
female protagonist
pianist
attraction
vienna, austria
sexual repression
desire
cutter
domineering mother
self mutilation
older woman younger man relationship
cutting
bdsm
character study
voyeurism
abuse
searching for love
repression
self-harm
mother daughter relationship
disturbed individual
sexual fetish
piano recital
age-gap relationship
kink
power dynamics
sardonic
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Cast & Crew
Isabelle Huppert
as Erika Kohut
Annie Girardot
as Erika's Mother
Benoît Magimel
as Walter Klemmer
Susanne Lothar
as Mme Schober
Udo Samel
as Dr. George Blonskij
Anna Sigalevitch
as Anna Schober
Cornelia Köndgen
as Mme Gerda Blonskij
Thomas Weinhappel
as Baritone
Georg Friedrich
as L'homme en voiture
Philipp Heiss
as Naprawnik
Reviews
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CinemaSerf
Sep 25, 2025
7/10
There are some fairly unnerving strands in this drama that make for uncomfortable viewing at times. “Erika” (Isabelle Huppert) is a rather uncharismatic music professor, still living and sleeping with her mother (Annie Girardot) who finds herself being pursued by the handsome young pianist “Walter“ (Benoît Magimel). Ostensibly, he wants her to guid…
