---
title: 'Funny Games (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Haneke'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/funny-games-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119167/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Funny Games (1997)

1997 · 104 min · Drama · Austria


## Synopsis

Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian satirical psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, and Arno Frisch. The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic games.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Haneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-haneke)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Haneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-haneke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [George Frideric Handel](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-frideric-handel)
- **Producer:** [Veit Heiduschka](https://cinepixo.com/people/veit-heiduschka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jürgen Jürges](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-jurges)
- **Editor:** [Andreas Prochaska](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-prochaska)

## Cast

- [Christoph Bantzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-bantzer)
- [Arno Frisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/arno-frisch)
- [Susanne Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanne-lothar) as Anna
- [Doris Kunstmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-kunstmann)
- [Ulrich Mühe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-muhe) as Georg
- [Wolfgang Glück](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-gluck)
- [Frank Giering](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-giering) as Peter

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