Four Minutes
21 Oct 2009
Germany
2006
128 min
Director: Chris Kraus
Frau Traude Krueger is an elderly piano teacher who gives lessons at a women’s prison. She teaches a guard and a few women B prisoners while looking for other potential students. She finds the aggressive and rebellious Jenny, a former child prodigy at the piano. Frau Krueger discovers Jenny’s brutal and terrible past and resolves to prepare her for a competition. As the training begins Frau Krueger relives her wartime romance and the self-destructive Jenny must prepare for 4 minutes of recognition at the Berlin Opera House. The film is in German with English subtitles.