Antikörper (2005)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

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

Special Effects

• Ambient Entertainment GmbH (CGI)

Other Companies

• Mo Pictures  trailer
• Vantage Film GmbH  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:

Norman Reedus performed his cameo role for free.

Quotes:

Gabriel Engel: What did you expect? Hannibal Lecter?

Movie Connections:

References Se7en (1995)

Soundtrack:

Birds Crushing Into Windows

One of this year's best movies

On the 7th day god watched this movie. Afterwards he mourned: Maybe I made some mistakes yesterday? One archangel replied: Your imperfect creation is at least capable of creating films like this.... Michael, a straight catholic father with part-time jobs (policeman and farmer) is afraid of his grapes of wrath and weakness. Gabriel Engel, the beast without beauty, killed kids to paint with their blood. Michael lives in a small village, in which a young girl was brutally killed one year ago. (Some flashbacks remind of Egoyan's „Exotica" – not a bad reference)... The more you try to retell the story the more you realize, that you have to see the characters, you have to get in touch with the astonishing score to feel what „antikörper" is really about. It's one of this year's best movies with an addictive atmosphere and a giant step ahead for „curiosity and the cat"-director Alvart. As far as we know from this movie, he neither believes in one truth, nor innocence. He doubts love and further more happy endings. But he truly believes in miracles and maybe that is what a real cineast is all about.