| Funny Games | |
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| Directed by | Michael Haneke |
| Written by | Michael Haneke |
| Produced by | Veit Heiduschka |
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| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Edited by | Andreas Prochaska |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner |
Release dates | |
Running time | 109 minutes[2] |
| Country | Austria |
| Languages | German French |
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.
The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, generated controversy for depiction of graphic violence and torture amongst critics and audiences.[3]
A shot-for-shot remake, filmed and set in the United States, was released in 2007, also directed by Haneke, this time with an English-speaking cast and a mostly American crew.
- ^ "Funny Games (1997)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Funny Games (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 13 March 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Funny Games". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2009.