Antikörper (2005)

Director:

Christian Alvart

Writer:

Christian Alvart (writer)

Release Date:

7 July 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Das Gute ist das Böse daran. [The Good is the Evil in It.]

Plot:

Long wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Serial Killer | Rooftop | Prayer

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Norman Reedus	...	Polizist Schmitz
Christian von Aster	...	Polizist Wagner
André Hennicke	...	Gabriel Engel
Waltraud Witte	...	Frau Hering
Konstantin Graudus	...	Wosniak
Heinz Hoenig	...	Seiler
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Michael Martens
Ulrike Krumbiegel	...	Rosa Martens
Hauke Diekamp	...	Christan Martens
Jürgen Schornagel	...	Sucharzewski
Gudrun Ritter	...	Frau Sucharzewski
Laura Alberta Szalski	...	Sarah Martens
Klaus Zmorek	...	Bosowski
Domenico D'Ambrosio	...	Techniker (Technician)
Holger Franke	...	Karl Prebisch
Jockel Tschiersch	...	Gabhart
Hans Diehl	...	Pfarrer (Priest)
Bruno Grass	...	Frank Flieder
Natascha Paulick	...	Maria Flieder
Frank Kusche	...	Wärter Schmidtzen
Elisa Schrey	...	Anna (Crying Girl)
Edie Samland	...	Esther Gabhart
Stefanie Fuchs	...	Moni
Isabel Bongard	...	Lucia Flieder
Marie Lindner	...	Tamara Gabhart
Dietmar Horst Hedram	...	Junkie
Laila Mohmand	...	Prostituierte
Martin Umbach	...	Psychiater
Holger Reibiger	...	Wärter
Nina Proll	...	Lucy
Nadeshda Brennicke	...	Nachtclub Sängerin
Coco Brown	...	Michelle
Lydia Kavungu	...	Joy
Rainer Laupichler	...	Kneiff
Milton Welsh	...	Fricke
Leonardo Nigro	...	Schnorres
Maria Schuster	...	Meiser
Thomas Klees	...	Verlagsmanager

Directed by
Christian Alvart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christian Alvart		writer

Produced by
Christian Alvart	....	co-producer
Theo Baltz	....	producer
Rainer Kölmel	....	co-producer
Susanne Kusche	....	line producer
Boris Schönfelder	....	producer

Original Music by
Michl Britsch

Cinematography by
Hagen Bogdanski

Film Editing by
Philipp Stahl

Casting by
Sabine Frielinghaus

Production Design by
Christian M. Goldbeck

Art Direction by
Eva Stiebler

Costume Design by
Silke Sommer

Makeup Department
Tamar Aviv	....	special makeup effects artist
Barney Nikolic	....	special makeup effects artist (as Branimir Nikolic)
Dennis Penkov	....	special makeup effects artist
Annett Schulze	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Susanne Kusche	....	production manager
Tolke Palm	....	assistant production manager
Holger Reibiger	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefanie Fuchs	....	trainee assistant director
Bruno Grass	....	assistant director

Art Department
Tom Bewermeier	....	assistant property master
Lars Dicht	....	construction manager
Johannes Pfaller	....	property master
Jan Saße	....	storyboard artist
Monica Suarez	....	assistant production designer
Monica Suarez	....	graphic designer
Otu Tetteh	....	painter

Sound Department
Jerome Burkhard	....	sound
Jürgen Funk	....	sound designer
Michael Hinreiner	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Volker Lorig	....	special effects technician
Christoph von Lengerke	....	pyrotechnician
Christoph von Lengerke	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
David Laubsch	....	digital compositor
Lutz Lemke	....	title sequence design/animation
Udo Schlörmann	....	digital compositor
Sheldon Stopsack	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Jason Oettle	....	key stunt rigger
Rene Schobes	....	stunt double: Andre Hennicke
Rainer Werner	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Markus Görgens	....	assistant electrician
Nicolay Gutscher	....	assistant camera
Robert Patzelt	....	Steadicam operator
Robert Patzelt	....	director of photography: second unit
Simon Rainer	....	additional electrician
Teja Schwede	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
Volker Langholz	....	editor trainee

Transportation Department
Miklas Wittmann	....	cast & production driver

Other crew
Frank Kusche	....	set manager
Thomas Stuber	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Nadeshda Brennicke	....	thanks
Christine Neubauer	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Kinowelt Filmproduktion
• MedienKontor Movie GmbH

Distributors

• Dark Sky Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Luna Filmverleih GmbH (2005) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (German speaking region)
• Tartan Films (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Dark Sky Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• La Fabrique de Films (2006) (France) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Pro 7 (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• Versus Entertainment (2006) (Spain) (all media)

Special Effects

• Ambient Entertainment GmbH (CGI)

Other Companies

• Mo Pictures  trailer
• Vantage Film  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Antibodies (International: English title)
Antimatter (International: English title)

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Kinowelt Filmproduktion

Trivia:

Director Christian Alvart uses his own dog to play Schimanski in the film. The dog's real name is Romeo. It is a six-year-old Husky-Rottweiler.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gabriel Engel: The world is unfair. Even to people like us. Pedro Alonso Lopez committed 300 sex murders. Now, 20 years later, who remembers him? Not a soul. Jack the Ripper is world-famous, and for what? Five bitches. Five! And Charley Manson. The hippie they called "Our Emperor" didn't even commit one murder himself.

Movie Connections:

References Se7en (1995)

Soundtrack:

Firefly Queen

I was surprisingly invested in the ending

The opening moments of this movie are extremely well done, and the moment of grace at the ending was surprisingly well- earned . Surprising because what comes in the middle is at once unformed, lumpy, and all too obvious- albeit with some very fine acting. It was said elsewhere by some commentators that fine performances were given by the actors who played the serial killer and the senior detective who takes a liking to the rural cop because he sees the good in him: this is true. The emotional bond between the senior detective and the younger country cop he called 'Farmer" was well portrayed, indeed.

Unfortunately, the fine beginning and ending and the fine performances- oh, and also the scenes set in the small village, which were atmospheric- bookended a story that was sloppily told. The payoff at the end comes in spite of, and not because of the bulk of the film. But that payoff was, for me, affecting. I was on the edge of my seat, hoping for all the "right" (this is after all a film which commits itself to a belief in right and wrong) things to happen. Definitely a movie worth watching, and dare I hope that it can be improved upon (probably not, OK) when it is remade...