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Elementarteilchen (2006)

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User Rating: 6.7/10 (2,217 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Oskar Roehler
Writers:
Michel Houellebecq (novel)
Oskar Roehler (writer)
Release Date:
23 February 2006 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Oh dear, no more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Moritz Bleibtreu ... Bruno Klement
Christian Ulmen ... Michael Djerzinski
Martina Gedeck ... Christiane

Franka Potente ... Annabelle
Nina Hoss ... Jane

Uwe Ochsenknecht ... Brunos Vater
Corinna Harfouch ... Dr. Schäfer
Ulrike Kriener ... Annabelles Mutter
Jasmin Tabatabai ... Yogini
Michael Gwisdek ... Professor Fleißer
Herbert Knaup ... Sollers
Tom Schilling ... Michael jung
Hermann Beyer ... Annabelles Vater
Nina Kronjäger ... Katja
Deborah Kaufmann ... Hannelore
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Atomised (UK)
Elementary Particles (USA) (festival title)
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Runtime:
113 min | 105 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Oskar Roehler had worked on the script for three years before he started shooting the film. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The first letter talking about the move to another grave of the brothers' grandmother says she has to be moved due to the construction of "Bundesstraße 17". Later the gravedigger says it's about "Bundesstraße 7" more

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8 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Oh dear, no, 12 July 2007
2/10
Author: Framescourer from London, UK

A handsome looking film on the face of it, but to be honest, dead in the water. This isn't just because it's a misfiring literary adaptation. On its own the film fails to successfully blend the comedy and misery that its aiming for.

Alas, one serious failure is the acting. The high-profile Franka Potente's on the bill but has overdone the downplaying of her celebrity - she seems dour on-screen. Christian Ulmen is poor. Moritz Bleibtreu is the best although he's let down by the film's design.

This is really the point. The book gives us an idea of the utter misery of the modern world and its inevitability - the comedy comes from it. Bleitreu makes a good stab at embodying that but receives no support from director Oscar Roehler, with very long stretches (the curse of literary transposition) and flashbacks which aren't crafted or tailored with any sense of drama, let alone melodrama. 2/10

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