1997 1h 48m Michael Haneke

Funny Games

Name: Funny Games
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Made in Europe, Crime
Released: 1997
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering

★ 7.5 IMDb

Drama Horror Mystery & Thriller Made in Europe Crime

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Writer Michael Haneke

Cast Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering

DP Jürgen Jürges

Production Designer Christoph Kanter

Music George Frideric Handel

Essays and Criticism

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