Antikörper (2005)

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 127 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Telepool presents MedienKontor Movie production in coproduction with Kinowelt Filmproduction (first set of production company credits)  Kinowelt Filmverleih presents a MedienKontor Movie production  A Christian Alvart film (second set of production conmpany credits)
Supported by: Filmförderungsanstalt/Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Nordmedia
Executive Producer: Boris Schönfelder
Co-Producer: Christian Alvart
Line Producer: Susanne Kusche
Production Manager: Susanne Kusche
Assistant Production Manager: Tolke Palm
Unit Manager: Holger Reibiger

SCRIPT
Script: Christian Alvart

DIRECTION
Director: Christian Alvart
Assistant Director: Bruno Grass
Trainee Assistant Director: Stefanie Fuchs

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hagen Bogdanski
Assistant Camera: Nicolay Gutscher
2nd Assistant Camera: Teja Schwede
Additional Electrician: Simon Rainer
Assistant Electrican: Markus Görgens
Cameras: Arriflex
Lab: Arri Kopierwerk, Germany

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Philipp Stahl
Editor Trainee: Volker Langholz

MUSIC
Music: Michl Britsch
Songs: Rainer Jancis, Nadeshda Brennicke (Firefly Queen; Birds Crushing Into Windows); Michl Britsch, Nadeshda Brennicke (Unique)
Songs Performed By: Nadeshda Brennicke (Firefly Queen; Unique; Birds Crushing Into Windows)

SOUND
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Hinreiner

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Silke Sommer
Make Up Department Head: Annett Schulze

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Branimir Nikolic, Dennis Penkov

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Pyrotechnics/Special Effects: Christoph von Lengerke

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Compositor: David Laubsch

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Christian Goldbeck
Art Director: Eva Stiebler
Property Master: Johannes Pfaller
Assistant Property Master: Tom Bewermeier
Storyboard Artist: Jan Saße

OTHER CREW
Set Manager: Frank Kusche

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten, Berlin, Germany; Brandenburg, Germany; Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany; Potsdamer Platz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks: Christine Neubauer; Nadeshda Brennicke

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Rainer Werner

CASTING
Casting: Sabine Frielinghaus

CAST
Wotan Wilke Möhring (Michael Martens)
André Hennicke (Gabriel Engel)
Heinz Hoenig (Seiler)
Ulrike Krumbiegel (Rosa Martens)
Hauke Diekamp (Christan)
Jürgen Schornagel (Sucharzewski)
Nina Proll (Lucy)
Hans Diehl (Pfarrer)
and
Norman Reedus

Isabel Bongard (Lucia Flieder)
Nadeshda Brennicke (night club singer)
Coco Brown (Michelle)
Domenico D'Ambrosio (Techniker)

Holger Franke (Prebisch)
Stefanie Fuchs (Moni)
Bruno Grass (Frank Flieder)
Konstantin Graudus (Wosniak)
Horst-Dieter Hedram (Junkie)
Lydia Karunyn (Joy)
Frank Kusche (Wärter Schmidtzen)
Rainer Laupichler (Kneiff)
Marie Lindner (Tamara Gabhart)
Laila Mohmand (Prostituierte)
Leonardo Nigro (Schnorres)
Natascha Paulick (Maria Flieder)
Norman Reedus (Schmitz)
Gudrun Ritter (Frau Sucharzewski)
Elisa Schrey (Anna (Crying Girl)
Maria Schuster (Meiser)
Laura Alberta Szalski (Sarah Martens)
Jockel Tschiersch (Gabhart)
Martin Umbach (Psychiater)
Christian von Aster (Wagner)
Milton Welsh (Fricke)
Waltraud Witte (Frau Hering)
Klaus Zmorek (Bosowski)

PLOT SUMMARY

Serial killer Gabriel Engel is finally arrested and is interrogated by small town cop Michael Martens who believes him to be responsible for a murder on his patch. But getting a confession from him won't be as easy as it seems...

AVAILABILITY

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Kinowelt Filmverleih

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 16

TIMELINE

2005
April
24: USA – shown at the Tribeca Film Festival

July
7: Germany – theatrical release
24: Canada – shown at the Montréal Fantasia Festival
28: Switzerland (German speaking region) – theatrical release

August
12: Austria – theatrical release
25: UK – shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival
27: UK – shown at FrightFest, London

October
14: Russia – theatrical release

2007
February
3: UK - television broadcast (on Film4)
4: UK - television broadcast (on Film4+1)

POSTER TAGS

Evil is a virus

Evil is contagious

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Antibodies - English language title
Antimatter - English language title

KEYWORDS

serial killers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008