---
title: 'The Piano Teacher (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Haneke'
released: '2001-05-14'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-piano-teacher-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Piano Teacher (2001)

2001 · 131 min · Drama, Romance · Germany, France, Austria

Original title: La Pianiste

## Synopsis

The Piano Teacher is a 2001 erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student. The film was a co-production between France and Austria. Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker failed for financial reasons.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Haneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-haneke)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Haneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-haneke)
- **Producer:** [Veit Heiduschka](https://cinepixo.com/people/veit-heiduschka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christian Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-berger-2)
- **Editor:** [Monika Willi](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-willi)

## Cast

- [Gerti Drassl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerti-drassl)
- [Anna Sigalevitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-sigalevitch)
- [Eva Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-green)
- [Klaus Händl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-handl)
- [Gabriele Schuchter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriele-schuchter)
- [Annie Girardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-girardot) as Erika's Mother
- [Rudolf Melichar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-melichar)
- [Karoline Zeisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/karoline-zeisler)
- [Cornelia Köndgen](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornelia-kondgen)
- [Udo Samel](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-samel)
- [Vitus Wieser](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitus-wieser)
- [Georg Friedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-friedrich)
- [Isabelle Huppert](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-huppert) as Erika Kohut
- [Luz Leskowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/luz-leskowitz)
- [Vivian Bartsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivian-bartsch)

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