The Depraved (2011) Urban Explorer (original title)

Director:

Andy Fetscher

Writer:

Martin Thau

Release Date:

20 October 2011 (Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Save your batteries.

Plot:

Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide...

Plot Keywords:

Tunnel Hacking | Illegal Trespassing | Flashlight | Third Reich | Axe

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nathalie Kelley	...	Lucia
Nick Eversman	...	Denis
Klaus Stiglmeier	...	Armin
Max Riemelt	...	Kris
Catherine de Léan	...	Marie
Brenda Koo	...	Juna
Adolfo Assor	...	Man in the subway station
Johannes Klaußner	...	Man in the subway
Andreas Wisniewski	...	Neo-Nazi

Directed by
Andy Fetscher

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Martin Thau

Produced by
Martin Hellstern	....	executive producer
Oliver Thau	....	producer
Felix Wendlandt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Robert Henke
Steven Schwalbe

Cinematography by
Andy Fetscher

Film Editing by
Andy Fetscher

Casting by
Monika Mikkelsen

Production Design by
Nobel Nobielski

Costume Design by
Dorota Budna

Makeup Department
Waldemar Pokromski	....	special makeup effects artist
Beata Rulkowska	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Christian Mackrodt	....	production manager
Robert Weinhold	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Fuchs	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Moritz Friedrich	....	scenic painter
Virginia Garfunkel	....	graphic designer
Conrad Heise	....	graphic designer
Meggendorfer Jurgen	....	assistant property master
Waldemar Kowalski	....	set constructor
Antonia Lange	....	assistant property master
Schmidt Michael	....	set constructor
Kasjan Nobielski	....	assistant property master
Nobel Nobielski	....	graphic art director
Robert Rogowski	....	set constructor
Jan Stöwe	....	scenic painter
Agata Uchman	....	art director: production designer
Patrycja Walczak	....	property master
Michal Zablocki	....	set constructor

Sound Department
Christian Bischoff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joo Fürst	....	foley artist
Kathrin Gaube	....	adr loop group
Benedikt Gutjan	....	adr loop group
Nigel Holland	....	supervising sound editor
Mathias Maydl	....	adr recording
Daniel Mueller	....	adr recording
Annette Prey	....	dialogue editor
Marco Raab	....	additional effects recording
Petr E.C. Rice	....	sound design assistant
Christian Schossig	....	sound
Daniel Vogl	....	technical supervisor: sound
Florian von Frenckell	....	sound post-production producer
Garip Özdem	....	sound assistant
Michael Karl Huber	....	project coordinator sound: post production (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jens Döldissen	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Janosch Benz	....	visual effects supervisor
Ufuk Genc	....	colorist
Henryk Jarosch	....	digital artist
Benjamin Jennrich	....	digital compositor
Max Marvin Kuper	....	digital compositor
Katleen Piltz	....	digital artist
Sebastian Rohner	....	digital artist
Tobias Wiedmer	....	conforming

Stunts
Matthias Günther	....	stunts
Fred Hady	....	stunts
Felix Koch	....	stunt double
Bruno Montani	....	stunt coordinator
Babette Schimanek	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Adrian Balladore	....	best boy
Clemens Baumeister	....	electrician
Matti Cordewinus	....	lighting assistant
Laura Deschner	....	still photographer
Tarek El Barbari	....	electrician
Johannes Höber	....	electrician
Lars Petersen	....	gaffer
Matthias Pilz	....	electrician
Fee Scherer	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Jeanette Reisig	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alice Möwius	....	assistant costume designer
Uta Müller	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Carsten Eder	....	assistant editor
Christoph Heil	....	post production supervisor

Music Department
Audioforce	....	music producer
Steve Patuta	....	composer: additional music
Fabian Schmitt	....	composer: additional music
Thomas Suess	....	music production advisor
Tobias Wagner	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Anto Jularic	....	driver
Robert Richter	....	driver

Other crew
Lon Haber	....	publicist
Sara Kitnick	....	publicity assistant

Production Companies

• Papermoon Films
• Rialto Film

Distributors

• Summiteer Films (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Uncork'd Entertainment (2013) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• ARRI Sound  sound re-recording
• Buff Connection  stunts
• Caninenberg & Schouten GmbH  insurance
• Ekkifant  animal provider
• FGV Schmidle GmbH  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Urban Explorer" - Germany (original title)

Runtime:

94 min | Germany:88 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Papermoon Films

Movie Connections:

References Natural Born Killers (1994)

Dare to watch it

Urban Explorer is a film who - like it's overwhelmimg monster - doesn't tolerate "opinion": you either escape from it or it hunts you down. It got my attention due to some priggish reviews while - at the same time - winning LA Screamfest's "best film". Having looked at it in a midnight show in a German cinema (that was left by several audience members because they simply freaked out) I found that this film uncannily wormed itself into my cerebellum. There's little gore, it is more what one doesn't see, therefore increasingly fears and imagines that causes the devastating experience of this movie. It's a film one cannot recommend with easy conscience because one does not want to be held responsible for the harrowing fingerprints it leaves on its viewers imagination (comparable at best to the documented effects of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the 70ties...)