Funny Games
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Released
- 1997
- Country
- Austria
Details
Release year: 1997
Storyline
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Top credits
Susanne Lothar — Anna
Ulrich Mühe — Georg
Arno Frisch — Paul
Frank Giering — Peter
Did you know
• Ulrich Mühe and Susanne Lothar, who play the father and mother, were a couple in real life from this movie until Mühe's death in 2007.
• Director Michael Haneke told producer Veit Heiduschka during the production that if the film was a success, it would be because audiences had misunderstood the meaning behind it.
• The scene where Anna and Georg recover and free themselves after the criminals leave their house the first time is a single take lasting just over ten minutes.
User reviews
Why Are You Watching This?
Not unhappy, just disappointed
Strong first half ruined by the 2nd half
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
