Frank Giering
1) Funny games
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
Michael Haneke's most notorious provocation spares no detail in its depiction of the agony of a bourgeois family held captive at their vacation home by a pair of young men. In a series of escalating 'games,' the sadistic duo subject their victims to unspeakable physical and psychological torture.
2) Funny games
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Michael Haneke's controversial thriller watches an affluent couple, their child and dog as they arrive at their lakeside vacation home. Settling into their holiday routine, the family is visited by a pair of clean-cut young men in tennis whites and gloves, who inexplicably turn ruthless and brutal, forcing the family into playing their 'funny games.'
Pub. Date
2007
Language
Deutsch
Description
K. arrives at an isolated village to take up his position as a land surveyor for officials at the Castle. No one will confirm or deny his appointment, and his attempts to approach and appeal to Castle officials are met with indifference, obstinacy, and bureaucratic red tape. K. has status but no position, two dolts for assistants, the forlorn barmaid Frieda as a fiancée, and arguments with everyone. An icy blizzard blows unendingly, immeasurable...