A glimpse at things to come

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2013)

"The White Ribbon" is a great foreshadowing for things to come in Germany. The children grow up to become adults in Hitler's Germany. Their evil ideology is already seeded in them in early years.
Each event is a metaphor of what happened during Hitler's regime such as
confiscating some one else's property - i.e.snatching the whistle from Baron's son
killing innocent people i.e. a labor woman getting killed in the mill
sterilization of mentally challenged i.e. torturing of mentally challenged child and so on...
And then there are those who knew what was happening in Hitler's regime and tried to escape but couldn't, i.e. metaphorically Baron's wife
The film is well made and is for history buff and serious audience.
Only from the mind of Michael Hanake something like this can evolve.
excellent...don't miss it.