Ulrich Tukur

The White Ribbon -- When strange accidents occur in a German village, they gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual.

The Lives of Others -- This Oscar-winning thriller (Best Foreign Language Film, 2006) tells the erotic story of an East German couple whose every intimate moment is being monitored by the Secret Police hoping to learn information that could destroy their lives.

When strange accidents occur in a German village, they gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual.

In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions?