Funny Games (1997 film)
Funny Games is a 1997 Austrian psychological horror film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, and Arno Frisch. The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage and torture them with sadistic games in their vacation home. The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. A shot-for-shot remake, filmed and set in the United States, was released in 2007, also directed by Haneke, this time with an English-speaking cast and a mostly American crew.
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| Directed by | Michael Haneke |
| Written by | Michael Haneke |
| Produced by | Veit Heiduschka |
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| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Edited by | Andreas Prochaska |
Production companies | Österreichischer Rundfunk Wega Film |
| Distributed by | Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Languages | German French |
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