I have to admit, it’s not exactly a movie you could call uplifting, but the incredibly powerful performance by the talented young actress Hannah Herzsprung most certainly is.
Story:
80 year old Traude Krueger (Monica Bleibtreu) a bitter piano teacher discovers the talent of a volatile young convicted murderess Jenny (Hannah Herzsprung) who’s serving time in the metropolitan prison where Traude Krueger is teaching, and decides after her initial reluctance, to teach the young woman.
Jenny’s life is filled with violent fits, trauma and abuse when she becomes the pupil of Traude who is, not always successfully, defying Jenny’s violent temper.
Traude is not interested in Jenny as a person but purely in her talent as a pianist, and she is determined to make her pupil win a prestigious musical event that would bring back some sense to her own life which is marked by guilt, past betrayal and loss.
Review:
You will not fall in love with any of the characters as they all have a dark side they are either trying to hide or fall victim to. Instead, you will be drawn in by the sheer power of Herzsprung’s portrayal of an unpredictable, destructive young woman and the relationship to her firm, repressed piano teacher. A movie with a subtle start, vigorous ending and explosive material all the way through.
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