The Piano Teacher
7.5
“Perversion at its wicked best!”
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
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Cast
35 people
Isabelle Huppert
Erika Kohut
Known for
Elle
Greta
Annie Girardot
Erika's Mother
Known for
Caché
Rocco and His Brothers
Benoît Magimel
Walter Klemmer
Known for
Little White Lies
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Susanne Lothar
Mme Schober
Known for
Funny Games
The Reader
Udo Samel
Dr. George Blonskij
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Killer Condom
Anna Sigalevitch
Anna Schober
Known for
Student Services
Flight of the Red Balloon
Cornelia Köndgen
Mme Gerda Blonskij
Known for
13 Minutes
Thomas Weinhappel
Baritone
Also in
MeTube 3: August Sings "Una furtiva lagrima"
Georg Friedrich
L'homme en voiture
Known for
Freud
Great Freedom
Philipp Heiss
Naprawnik
No other roles listed
William Mang
Un professeur
Also in
The Final Executioner
Florida Lady
Rudolf Melichar
Le directeur
Known for
Holocaust
Michael Haneke Director · Elfriede Jelinek Author Francis Haines Composer
Worldwide gross $6.8M · Budget $6.2M · United States release March 29, 2002
Box office
Budget
$6,200,000
Worldwide gross
$6,766,708
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Wega Film
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Les Films Alain Sarde
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Bavaria Film International
Production
OFI
Production
MK2 Productions
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Arte
Production
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
France · Austria · Germany
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Languages
Original title
La Pianiste
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
France · May 14, 2001
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · September 5, 2001
Theatrical
United States · March 29, 2002
Limited theatrical · New York City, NY
United States
April 12, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, CA
October 12, 2014 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Australia
July 21, 2001 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
July 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 5, 2001 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 18, 2002 · Theatrical
July 30, 2026 · Theatrical · Relançamento
Canada
September 10, 2001 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 3, 2001 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
February 8, 2002 · Premiere · Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival
Czechia
July 26, 2001 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
October 4, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 6, 2002 · Premiere · NatFilm Festival
May 3, 2002 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 28, 2001 · Premiere · Black Nights Film Festival
Finland
August 25, 2001 · Premiere · Espoo Film Festival
August 26, 2009 · Premiere · Espoo Film Festival
Germany
October 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
November 11, 2001 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 23, 2001 · Theatrical
October 7, 2002 · Physical · DVD
November 4, 2025 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Japan
February 2, 2002 · Digital
Netherlands
October 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
November 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Philippines
June 11, 2009 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Poland
October 5, 2001 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Portugal
November 9, 2001
Romania
November 4, 2005 · Digital
Russia
October 3, 2001 · Theatrical
June 3, 2009 · Physical · DVD
January 18, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 6, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
South Korea
November 1, 2001 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
December 20, 2002 · Theatrical
June 2, 2016 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
November 27, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
November 8, 2001 · Digital
Ukraine
November 25, 2021 · Theatrical
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