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BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) – Austrian director Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi terror, dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, winning three prizes including best film. In the black-and-white film, a sinister series of crimes rocks a village in northern Germany on the eve of World War One, and appears linked to a group of children brutalized and scarred by their parents. “The White Ribbon” also won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival earlier this year. The 2,000-member European Film Academy awarded Haneke the best film, best director and best screenwriter prizes at the 22nd anniversary ceremony in Bochum, in the industrial Ruhr area of western Germany. British actress Kate Winslet scooped up another award for her portrayal of a German woman with a secret Nazi past in the romantic drama “The Reader,” winning best actress. “Titanic” star Winslet has also won an Oscar, a British BAFTA and German Bambi for her depic
