Four Minutes
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Four Minutes

6.8 / 10 2006 1h 52mNR German
DramaMusic

Storyline

Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.

Cast & Crew

Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu

Traude Krüger

Lead
Hannah Herzsprung

Hannah Herzsprung

Jenny von Loeben

Sven Pippig

Sven Pippig

Mütze

Richy Müller

Richy Müller

Kowalski

Jasmin Tabatabai

Jasmin Tabatabai

Ayse

Stefan Kurt

Stefan Kurt

Direktor Meyerbeer

Vadim Glowna

Vadim Glowna

Gerhard von Loeben

Nadja Uhl

Nadja Uhl

Nadine Hoffmann

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Chris Kraus's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Four Minutes is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker