Vier Minuten (2006)
Director:
Chris Kraus
Tagline:
« The next German film sensation after The Lives of Others »
Actors:
Gertrud ‘Traude’ Krüger
Jenny von Loeben
Mütze
Kowalski
Ayse
Rating:
(7’706 votes)
(7’706 votes)
Quotes:
« Gerhard von Loeben: I hope you win, Jenny.
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« Jenny von Loeben: I hope you die, Daddy.
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« Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: You remind me of someone, warden.
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« Direktor Meyerbeer: Meyerbeer…
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« Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: My first warden also refused to be called warden.
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« Direktor Meyerbeer: Head of penitentiary?
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« Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: SS-Sturmbannführer.
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« Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Today is my last day. I just want to get my piano.
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« Kowalski: Tell me, Mrs. Krüger… What do those guys have that others don't?
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« Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: One's a murderer and the other raped his niece.
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« Kowalski: I'll miss you, Mrs. Krüger.
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Trailer:
Four Minutes: Trailer
Runtime:112 minutes
Plots:
An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women’s penitentiary.
In Germany, the elder Frau Traude Krueger gives piano classes in a prison for a few prisoners and the security guard Mütze. When she sees the rebel and aggressive Jenny Von Loeben playing piano, she immediately identifies her potential and offers to teach her for a competition. Frau Krueger finds that Jenny was a prodigy when she was a child; abused when she was a teenager and has been imprisoned for murdering and decapitating a man. Along the period they work together preparing for the exhibition, Frau Krueger discloses secrets about her love in World War II while the self-destructive Jenny has four minutes of glory and recognition of her talent.
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