The Piano Teacher (2001)
La Pianiste
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The Piano Teacher rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 78K votes
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic79%
TMDb7.3/10· 1K votesWith 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 79/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About The Piano Teacher
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Cast of The Piano Teacher
Isabelle Huppert
as Erika Kohut
Annie Girardot
as Erika's Mother
Benoît Magimel
as Walter Klemmer
Susanne Lothar
as Mme Schober
Udo Samel
as Dr. George Blonskij
Anna Sigalevitch
as Anna Schober
Cornelia Köndgen
as Mme Gerda Blonskij
Thomas Weinhappel
as Baritone
Georg Friedrich
as L'homme en voiture
Philipp Heiss
as Naprawnik
William Mang
as Un professeur
Rudolf Melichar
as Le directeur
The Piano Teacher facts
- Original title
- La Pianiste
- Budget
- $6.2M
- Box office
- $6.8M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Character study approach explores psychological complexity of abuse and repression
- •Age gap relationship dynamic creates uncomfortable tension reflecting power imbalances
- •Literary adaptation maintains nuanced psychological depth from source material
What the audience disliked
- •Explicit content and graphic imagery make film inaccessible to general audiences
- •Bleak psychological atmosphere lacks cathartic release throughout entire narrative
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