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Agnes and his brothers (Agnes und seine Brueder)
Scene from "Agnes and his brothers" (photo © X Filme)
Agnes and His Brothers is the story of three siblings who couldn't be any more different from each other: Hans-Joerg (Moritz Bleibtreu) is a librarian, sexually obsessed, and a passionate voyeur. Werner (Herbert Knaup) is a successful politician with a self-confident wife and two sons. But behind the facade of their marriage, the foundation is starting to chip. And then there is Agnes (Martin Weiss), who used to be a man, but who now, as a result of unfulfilled love and with great desire, works his way through the night as a dancer.
They all share the same love-hate relationship with the same man who greatly influenced their lives - their eccentric father. One day, one of them finally breaks free...
They all share the same love-hate relationship with the same man who greatly influenced their lives - their eccentric father. One day, one of them finally breaks free...
Oskar Roehler was born in 1959 in Starnberg, the son of husband and wife authors, Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. He started his career as a screenwriter of various cinema films and directed his first feature GENTLEMAN in 1995. His film NO PLACE TO GO (DIE UNBERÜHRBARE, 2000), a very personal and sensitively told portrait of his mother, was Roehler's breakthrough. The film was awarded the German Film Award in Gold, among other awards, and Hannelore Elsner received the German Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. His other award-winning films include: ANGST (DER ALTE AFFE ANGST) which was in the competition at the Berlinale in 2003, AGNES AND HIS BROTHERS (AGNES UND SEINE BRÜDER) which screened in Venice, his film adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's novel of the same name ATOMISED (ELEMENTARTEILCHEN, 2006), LULU & JIMI (2008), JUD SÜSS - FILM OHNE GEWISSEN (2010), and ROOTS OF LIFE (DIE QUELLEN DES LEBENS, 2012).
Genre Thriller
Category Feature
Year of Production 2004
Director Oskar Roehler
Screenplay Oskar Roehler
Director of Photography Carl-Friedrich Koschnick
Editors Simone Hofmann, Juliane Lorenz
Music by Martin Todsharow
Production Design Sabine Rudolph
Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Martin Weiss, Tom Schilling, Vadim Glowna
Producer Stefan Arndt
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne, BR/Munich, ARTE/Strasbourg
Length 116 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French, Italian
Festivals Venice 2004 (Horizons), Seville 2004 (In Competition), Goa 2004, Goteborg 2005, Rotterdam 2005, Berlin 2005 (German Cinema), Mar del Plata 2005, New Directors/New Films New York 2005, Rio 2005, Kiev 2005
Awards Bavarian Film Award 2004 (Best Screenplay)
With backing from German Federal Film Board, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
German Distributor X Verleih/Berlin
World Sales
Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstr. 21
80331 Munich/Germany
phone +49-89-24 41 29 55 00
fax +49-89-24 41 29 55 20
info@globalscreen.de
http://www.globalscreen.de
Category Feature
Year of Production 2004
Director Oskar Roehler
Screenplay Oskar Roehler
Director of Photography Carl-Friedrich Koschnick
Editors Simone Hofmann, Juliane Lorenz
Music by Martin Todsharow
Production Design Sabine Rudolph
Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Martin Weiss, Tom Schilling, Vadim Glowna
Producer Stefan Arndt
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne, BR/Munich, ARTE/Strasbourg
Length 116 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French, Italian
Festivals Venice 2004 (Horizons), Seville 2004 (In Competition), Goa 2004, Goteborg 2005, Rotterdam 2005, Berlin 2005 (German Cinema), Mar del Plata 2005, New Directors/New Films New York 2005, Rio 2005, Kiev 2005
Awards Bavarian Film Award 2004 (Best Screenplay)
With backing from German Federal Film Board, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
German Distributor X Verleih/Berlin
World Sales
Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstr. 21
80331 Munich/Germany
phone +49-89-24 41 29 55 00
fax +49-89-24 41 29 55 20
info@globalscreen.de
http://www.globalscreen.de
