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14A(14A) Violence, Disturbing Content

Synopsis

Dir: Michael Haneke. German-language Thriller/Horror. Two young men (Arno Frisch, Frank Giering) spent the night terrorizing a family (Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Stefan Clapczynski) vacationing at their lake house.

Content elements

  • One use of the sexual expletive in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, vulgar expressions, and appearance-based slurs
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some involving children and animals - some blood and detail; frequent portrayals of torture, injury, and suffering - some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses - blood, some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent references to drug use in an addiction context
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Power and control
  • Cruelty and sadism
  • Aberrant behaviour

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, disturbing content, and coarse language

Classification date

May 06, 2026

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