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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
This clinical dissection of desire swaps romantic sentimentality for a jagged, unsettling look at psychological obsession. It pushes past mere repression into a territory of self-inflicted pain that feels both deeply private and shockingly public.
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Director
Michael Haneke
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss
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The Piano Teacher
You can stream The Piano Teacher (2001) on Max with a subscription.
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7.3/10
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Director
Michael Haneke
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss
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The Piano Teacher is streaming on Max. The Piano Teacher is streaming on Criterion Channel. The Piano Teacher is not currently available on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+. Availability last verified August 27, 2026.