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Funny Games (1997)

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59%
(50 votes)
Critic Rating
70%
(1 review)
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Release Date
• USA: Apr 24, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 2, 1999
• R2: 19 Feb 2001

Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes

Country Austria

Production Companies
Wega Film

Studio Wega Film

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Other Titles
• Funny Games (1997)



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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Suspense, Psychos, Disturbing, Hostage, Psychodrama, Murder, Serial Killer, Experimental, Fantasy, Gore

Tagline: Ein Alptraum.

Plot: Anna, George and their son are about to begin a holiday that they will never forget. Two young psychopathic outsiders invade their remote lakeside home and announce that none of the family will be alive in nine hours time. The men, Peter and Paul, embark on a twisted campaign of torment and terror and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.

A powerfully graphic film (even though no violence is ever shown on the screen itself) about an Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths who are out to torture them with their "funny games." Haneke's point, that fictional violence is as real as the real world's, is presented chillingly in this extremely well-acted, yet potentially offensive effort. Weak of stomach,

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external linkGood original film. Unpredictable and has a lot of strange scenes. A good watch for something out of the ordinary. 7/10



 Directed by
Michael Haneke
The Piano Teacher, Hidden, Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
 Written by
Michael Haneke
The Piano Teacher, Hidden, Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
 Cast
Susanne Lothar
The Piano Teacher, Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, Schneeland
Ulrich Mühe
Amen., Leben der Anderen, Das, Schtonk!
Arno Frisch
Benny's Video, 99 Euro Films, Blackout Journey
Frank Giering
Absolute Giganten, Kaliber Deluxe, Baader
Stefan Clapczynski
3 Posträuber, Die
Doris Kunstmann
Bronzés 3 - amis pour la vie, Les, Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Samba in Mettmann
Christoph Bantzer
I'm the Father, Tatort - Abschaum, Angekommen
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