The Piano Teacher (Blu-ray)

Directed by Michael Haneke

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Magimel, Annie Girardot, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Kongden, Thomas Weinhappel, Rudolf Melichar, Philipp Heiss
Contributors: Michael Haneke, Veit Heiduschka, Christian Berger
Studio: Curzon Film
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 21 Sep 2026
Originally Issued: 2001
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Run Time: 129 minutes

Description

Isabelle Huppert stars as a lonely and repressed music teacher in this French drama directed by Michael Haneke. Erika Kohut (Huppert) teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory. She lives with her domineering mother (Annie Girardot) and harbours masochistic fantasies.

When Walter Klemmer (Benoît Magimel), one of her new students, attempts to seduce her, Erika is startled at first but then agrees to the affair if it can be conducted on her own terms. What happens next however threatens to intensify her self-destructive urges.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Trailers
• Interviews: Michael Haneke (writer/director); Elfriede Jelinek (author)
• Commentary: Catherine Wheatley; Scene commentaries with Isabelle Huppert (actor)
• Other Documentary: Post-Synchronisation Session Featurette