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Antichrist (2009) -- Antichrist Final Trailer - A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse
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Antichrist (2009) -- A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   13,448 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Lars von Trier (written by)
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Release Date:
20 May 2009 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Tagline:
When nature turns evil, true terror awaits. (UK)
Plot:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(500 articles)
Todd's Top And Bottom of 2009, Plus Directors To Watch For!
 (From Twitch. 31 December 2009, 7:12 AM, PST)

Peter Debruge’s Top 10 of 2009
 (From Collider.com. 30 December 2009, 11:08 PM, PST)

User Reviews:
When movies become art more (186 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Directed by
Lars von Trier 
 
Writing credits
Lars von Trier (written by)

Produced by
Bettina Brokemper .... executive co-producer
Madeleine Ekman .... co-producer
Meta Louise Foldager .... producer
Peter Garde .... executive producer
Sanne Glæsel .... line producer: Denmark and Germany
Peter Aalbæk Jensen .... executive producer
Lars Jönsson .... co-producer
Andrea Occhipinti .... co-producer
Ole Østergaard .... co-producer
Johannes Rexin .... line producer: Germany
Marianne Slot .... executive co-producer
Malgorzata Szumowska .... co-producer
 
Cinematography by
Anthony Dod Mantle 
 
Film Editing by
Åsa Mossberg (co-editor)
Anders Refn 
 
Casting by
Victoria Beattie 
Antoinette Boulat 
Leo Davis 
Des Hamilton 
 
Production Design by
Karl Júlíusson 
 
Art Direction by
Tim Pannen 
 
Makeup Department
Antje Bockeloh .... hair stylist
Uta Bucklitsch .... special effects body makeup artist
Thomas Foldberg .... makeup effects
Morten Jacobsen .... makeup effects and props
Johanna Koch .... special effects body makeup artist
Nicola Pandel .... additional special effects makeup
Sarah Poeck .... special effects body makeup artist
Jörg Runk .... special effects body makeup artist
Hue Lan Van Duc .... hair stylist
Hue Lan Van Duc .... key makeup artist
Silke Weiss .... special effects body makeup artist
Sarah Wirtz .... special effects body makeup artist
 
Production Management
Laura Einmahl .... unit manager
Rüdiger Jordan .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Elliott .... first assistant director
Peter Hjorth .... second unit director
Anders Refn .... second unit director
Richard Styles .... additional first assistant director
 
Art Department
Jean Roch Bechameil .... sculptor
John Campana .... props builder
Sune Elskær .... storyboard
Frank Halbe .... construction crew
Andrè Haskamp .... art department helper
Jürgen Heinen .... construction crew
Peter Hjorth .... storyboard
Stefan Höh .... props assistant
Rüdiger Joch .... construction coordinator
Michael Kalden .... property master
Per Kirkeby .... chapter titles artwork
Tobias Lieven .... construction crew
Kornelia List .... painter
Annika Lodo .... art department runner
Bernd Nagel .... painter
Pit Paffen .... sculptor
Ellen Pechtheyden .... painter
Karsten Peter .... props driver
Tuba Sarica .... art department trainee
Andre Seis .... construction crew
Ellen Somnitz .... art director assistant
Maurizio Spina .... greenary department
Philippe Stanzel .... construction crew
Sabine Steudter .... stand-by props
Falk Wenzel .... stand-by construction
Gabriele Winzen .... chief painter
Dominik Wipperfürth .... construction crew
 
Sound Department
Peter Albrechtsen .... sound effects editor
Kristian Eidnes Andersen .... sound
Kristian Eidnes Andersen .... supervising sound editor
Coll Anderson .... sound effects recordist
Arnaud Azoulay .... sound layback
Ivan Dumas .... boom operator
Julien Naudin .... foley artist
Timothy Nielsen .... sound effects recordist
Jacques Pedersen .... dialogue editor
André Rigaut .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Fabian Grobholz .... special effects technician
Dennis Kron .... special effects technician
Erik Zumkley .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Fredrik Averpil .... visual effects artist
Wojciech Baginski .... rotoscope artist
Håkan Blomdahl .... lead compositing artist
Katarzyna Chodak .... production assistant: Platige Image
Stefan Ciupek .... digital camera supervisor
Piotr Dworaczynski .... rotoscope artist
Kacper Fertacz .... senior compositor
Jakub Grygier .... matte painting/concept
Krzysztof Grygowski .... senior compositor
Peter Hartwig .... software developer
Sarah K. Hellström .... visual effects coordinator
Peter Hjorth .... visual effects supervisor
Andreas Hylander .... visual effects artist
Adam Janeczek .... senior compositor
Katarzyna Jarzyna .... visual effects executive producer
Jakub Knapik .... lead compositing artist
Rasmus Lange .... endroller graphics
Linus Lindbalk .... visual effects artist
Linus Lindbalk .... visual effects
Allan O. Lückow .... motion control supervisor
Karen Maarbjerg .... visual effects producer
Joseph McLamb .... visual effects artist
Daniel Nielsen .... visual effects artist
Daniel Nielsen .... visual effects
Emelie Nilsson .... visual effects artist
Anders Refn .... visual effects supervisor
Rafal Sadowy .... senior compositor
Jaroslaw Sawko .... senior visual effects producer
Piotr Sikora .... senior visual effects producer
Jacek Skrobisz .... senior compositor
Lukasz Sobisz .... simulation artist
Piotr Suchodolski .... modeler
Pawel Szklarski .... rotoscope artist
Aleksander Szkudlarek .... rotoscopy artist
Sean Wheelan .... vfx producer: Filmgate
Adam Wierzchowski .... research and development: Platige Image
Rafal Wojtunik .... matte painting/concept
 
Stunts
Ernst Reimann .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Gökhan Balseven .... phantom camera operator
Jakob Bonfils .... camera technician
Stefan Ciupek .... camera operator: 2nd Unit / b-camera
Sebastian Daszkiewicz .... additional electrician
Klaus Daubenberger .... crane operator
Michael Engel .... grip assistant
Jens Erlach .... additional electrician
Andrea Gärtner .... additional electrician
Christian Geisnæs .... still photographer
Fred Gottfried .... soft sun operator
Stefan Hiegemann .... electrician
Emil Jevtic .... best boy
Tobias Klauke .... focus puller: "b"camera
Steffen Kress .... digital data backup
Anne Lisken .... grip assistant
Sune Lolk .... test shoot electrician
Allan O. Lückow .... motion control
Jens Lund-Larsen .... test shoot electrician assistant
Paul Maschlanka .... additional electrician
Bernd Mayer .... key grip
Thomas Neivelt .... gaffer
Aleks Sandrine Neumuller .... lighting technician
Sandrine Neumüller .... electrician assistant
Jacob Østergaard .... test shoot gaffer
Roman Schauerte .... clapper loader
Stefan Schauerte .... electrician
Christian Scheppe .... additional electrician
Verena Schulte .... additional electrician
Valentin Steiner .... video assistant
Benjamin Taye .... additional electrician
Pim Tjujerman .... focus puller
Tom Trambow .... still photographer
Aram Weiss .... video assistant
David Wuest .... additional electrician
 
Casting Department
Agentur Eick .... extras casting
Burkhard Eick .... casting: specials, double and extras
Delia Eick .... casting: specials, double and extras
Jette Termann .... casting: child
Gregor J. Weber .... casting: specials, double and extras
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frauke Firl .... costumes
Anna Jacobi .... dresser
Anna Luczak .... wardrobe
Juan Ignacio Ugarte .... dresser
 
Editorial Department
Sune F. Andersen .... assistant editor
Morten Sylvest Arnoldus .... post-production assistant
Charlotte Buch .... post-production coordinator
Faisel N. Butt .... trailer editor
Stefan Ciupek .... digital colorist
Lars Dela .... film transfer
Emil Eriksson .... technical assistant editor
Helen Juhl .... record manager
Dan Loghin .... assistant editor
Dirk Meier .... digital colorist
Lars 'Lalo' Nielsen .... film transfer
Michael Frank Nielsen .... lab color timer
Signe Rørne .... post production
 
Transportation Department
Ralf Christiansen .... production driver
Rose Cool .... trailer maintenance
David Friedewald .... production driver
Marcus Koszczol .... production driver
Joachim Lünenschloß .... additional driver
Mac McLean .... trailer maintenance
Alexander Rade .... additional driver
Helene Siemens .... additional medical service
Hrouchoff Svet .... additional transportation
Matthias Urbach .... additional medical service
Patrick van den Berg .... trailer maintence
 
Other crew
Samanou Acheche .... personal assistant to director
Nikolaj Arcel .... script consultant
Ota Bares .... head animal handler
Horst Baron .... body double: Mr. Dafoe (as Horst Stramka)
Samantha Baudier .... assistant: co-producer: FR
Udita Bhargava .... post production assistant
Gerz Feigenberg .... script consultant
Per Fly .... script consultant
Gerry Grennell .... dialogue coach
Tim Großkurth .... assistant: Mr. Dafoe
Maria Herpich .... production assistant
Karin Hildbrand .... production assistant
Signe Iarussi .... assistant: producer and director
Simon Jacobsen .... personal assistant: director
Anders Thomas Jensen .... story supervisor
Lars Kaaber .... script translator
Barbara Krieger .... script supervisor
Antje Krumm .... press agent
Antje Krumm .... press on set
Agnieszka Kurzydlo .... assistant: co-producer: PL
Kristian Levring .... script consultant
Max Limper .... script translator
Bogdana Vera Lorenz .... runner trainee
Radim Macha .... animal handler
Stine Meldgaard Madsen .... assistant: producer
Lucie Mollof .... script translator
René Nielsen .... additional assistant: producer
Lisa Ohlin .... film consultant
Mikael Olsen .... script consultant
Sebastian Püttner .... assistant: co-producer: DE
Björn Remiszewski .... runner
Katrine Sahlstrøm .... assistant: producer and director
Lies Schumandl .... production accountant
Paul Schwartzman .... consigliere
Kai Siggelkow .... set manager
Lisa Sperling .... production trainee
Mandy Starship .... body double: Ms. Gainsbourg
Christoph Stec .... runner
Kirsten Steffens .... set assistant
Dariusz Steiness .... script consultant
Michal Stovicek .... animal handler
Petr Straka .... animal handler
Svenja Surra .... cast runner
Svenja Surra .... runner
Jacob Thuesen .... script consultant
Oliver Ussing .... script consultant
Marcel Winterscheid .... assistant: Ms. Gainsbourg
Jeannette Ziemeck .... production coordinator
Martin Zillger .... location manager
 
Thanks
Jens Albinus .... special thanks
Michael Schmid-Ospach .... thanks
Andrei Tarkovsky .... dedicatee
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Antychryst (Poland)
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Runtime:
104 min
Language:
Color:
Color | Black and White (some scenes)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This movie received a special anti-award from the ecumenical jury at Cannes. The jury, which typically awards a film that promotes spiritual and humanist values, decided to award this film an anti-award for its misogynistic views. more
Quotes:
He: What do you think is supposed to happen in the woods? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Visual Style of Antichrist (2009) (V) more
Soundtrack:
'Lascia ch'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo' more

FAQ

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207 out of 346 people found the following review useful.
When movies become art, 18 May 2009
10/10
Author: arturo-45 from Denmark

Antichrist is an excellent and not often seen chance to see a magnificent piece of art. The director Lars Von Trier has always attempted to go beyond the limits of what could be shown in a movie without compromising his artistic vision. And in antichrist he succeeds. A sometimes hard and gruelling movie to watch - I am at this point, a mere 1½ hour after exciting the movie theater, still deeply affected by the fantastic imagery and the cruel nauseating violence and self molestation. This is definitely a must see movie - if not for anything else, then at least for the splendid acting performances and the absolutely genius photographing. Von Trier has succeeded in creating a movie that is going to shock and must likely offend - but also assure movie buffs like myself - that there are still movie directors about that knows how to create masterpieces in a time where mainstream seems to be all there is.

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