Agnes und seine Brüder (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Oskar Roehler

Writer:

Oskar Roehler (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

... auf dem Weg ins Glück (... on the way to happiness)

Plot:

Stefan Arndt's drama focuses on three very different brothers, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian...

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Librarian | Male Nudity | Murder | Gay Interest

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Martin Weiß	...	Agnes Tschirner
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Hans-Jörg Tschirner
Herbert Knaup	...	Werner Tschirner
Katja Riemann	...	Signe Tschirner
Tom Schilling	...	Ralf Tschirner
Suzan Anbeh	...	Desiree
Vadim Glowna	...	Günther Tschirner
Margit Carstensen	...	Roxy
Lee Daniels	...	Henry Preminger
Marie Zielcke	...	Nadine
Oliver Korittke	...	Rudi
Martin Semmelrogge	...	Manni Moneto
Martin Feifel	...	Hannes
Sven Martinek	...	Jürgen
Til Schweiger	...	Freund in Bibliothek
Gerry Jochum	...	Herr Klebnitschek
Simon Böer	...	Freund Nadine (as Simon Boer)
Zora Holt	...	Dunkelhaarige
Ralph Herforth	...	Heinz
Michaela Hinnenthal	...	Ingrid
Loretta Stern	...	Journalistin
Wilfried Hochholdinger	...	Rolf
Maximilian Fischer	...	Walter Tschirner
Christa Rockstroth	...	Ministerin
Kerstin Landsmann	...	Sekretärin
Peter Benedict	...	Kursleiter
Felix Bresser	...	Panzer
Kelly Trump	...	Lisa
Hubertus Regout
Ariane Sommer
Andreas Kunze	...	Hausmeister
Zsolt Bács	...	Rocky
Dieter Rita Scholl	...	Manager von Henry
Jin-man Kim	...	Kim
Marlene Landauer	...	Clique Henry
Laila Lemhadden	...	Clique Henry
Katharina Palm	...	Sprechstundenhilfe
Axel Wedekind	...	Bronko
Mark Zak	...	Türsteher
Nadja Zwanziger	...	Studentin
Romy Fenninger	...	Blondine
Robert Ziegler	...	Martin (Agnes als Kind)
Kymon Ems	...	Franz
Sabrina Wagner	...	Kleinkind Ingrid
Gregor Höppner	...	Beamter
Mamadoo Seck	...	Tänzer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirill Singer	...	Student
Angelika Sperling	...	Dozentin
Detlef Zwitzers	...	Geschäftsmann

Directed by
Oskar Roehler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Oskar Roehler		writer

Produced by
Stefan Arndt	....	producer
Markus Brinkmann	....	supervising producer
Sebastian Fahr-Brix	....	co-producer
Marcos Kantis	....	line producer
Kay Klenke	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Martin Todsharow

Cinematography by
Carl-Friedrich Koschnick		(as Charly F. Koschnick)

Film Editing by
Simone Hofmann

Casting by
Simone Bär

Production Design by
Sabine Rudolph

Art Direction by
Sebastian Soukup

Costume Design by
Lucia Faust

Makeup Department
Rosemarie Raasch-Machac	....	makeup artist
Irina Tübbecke-Bechem	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Boris Mang	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian Hoyer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Lorenzo Sartor	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Matthias Lempert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Günther Röhn	....	foley artist
Kai Storck	....	sound editor
Marcus Sujata	....	adr recordist
Marcus Sujata	....	foley recordist
Kai Tebbel	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Natalie Maximova	....	visual effects
Andreas Schellenberg	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Cornils	....	key grip
Tim Liehr	....	grip

Casting Department
Burkhard Eick	....	casting: bit parts and extras
Delia Eick	....	casting: bit parts and extras
Kirstin Plotz	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Juliane Lorenz	....	montage

Music Department
Maurus Ronner	....	orchestrator
Martin Todsharow	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Bernhard Horst	....	water wet down
Barbara Krieger	....	continuity
Skady Lis	....	business and legal affairs
Andro Steinborn	....	head of business/legal affairs
Peter Futschik	....	account assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• X-Filme Creative Pool
• Arte
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributors

• X Verleih AG (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• First Run Features (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Les Films du Losange (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Only Hearts Company (2007) (Japan) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Agnes and His Brothers (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

X-Filme Creative Pool

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Oskar Roehler]man sitting next to Hans-Jörg in the first group therapy scene

Movie Connections:

References American Beauty (1999)

best German movie since decades!

I was very touched. This may be because marriage fight is one of the main topics. It was great how characters that have an obvious "flaw" or "tick" fight for their happiness but struggle and fail so much at times. Problem was the actors are so well-known in Germany that I wasn't completely convinced. Like Moritz Bleibtreu is just too warm and kind for a guy like that. Some questions were not answered. Especially about the wife, why didn't she love him anymore, why did she use to love him? Even the filmmaker didn't know what the persons could have changed to make it easier. (Even the filmmaker let one person completely alone in the movie). I wasn't so touched by the Agnes, because I cannot relate to such a CALM person but I liked her and followed with mild(er) interest.

I liked it so much because it was REAL problems with an entertaining approach to present them.