205: Room of Fear (2011)

A young college student thinks that something sinister is going on in her new dorm room.

Director:

Rainer Matsutani

Writers:

Eckhard Vollmar (screenplay), Jannik Tai Mosholt (story)

Stars:

Jennifer Ulrich, Julia Dietze, Inez Bjørg David

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Ulrich	...	Katrin Nadolny
Julia Dietze	...	Annika
Inez Bjørg David	...	Carmen (as Inez Björg David)
Marleen Lohse	...	Sanne
Florian Jahr	...	Niko
Tino Mewes	...	Dirk
Daniel Roesner	...	Christian
Hans-Uwe Bauer	...	Vater Nadolny
André Hennicke	...	Kommissar Urban
Gitta Schweighöfer	...	Frau Ruschkowski
Martin Umbach	...	Dr. Wittenborn
Uwe Rohde	...	Hausmeister
Juliane Gregori	...	Assistentin von Urban
Anna Lange	...	Paula
Selda Kaya	...	Mitarbeiterin Studentenwerk

Storyline

What happened in Room 205? Why has no one lived there for over a year? Katrin couldn't care less: the 19-year-old student has landed a room in the dorm, and that means freedom! Freedom from home and her over-protective father. The semester is just beginning, and it's time to make new friends, go to parties, have sex, and, of course, go to classes. Then, strange things happen in her room, and she begins to understand why no one wanted to move into Room 205 before her.

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | male rear nudity | bare chested male | barefoot male | barefoot female | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

4 April 2013 (Germany)

Also Known As:

205 - Room of Fear

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion, Seven Pictures, Filmaufbau Leipzig

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The school in the film is the same school that was used in The Wave (2008). Jennifer Ulrich, Tino Mewes and Dennis Gansel also starred in that movie which Gansel directed.

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Connections

Remake of Room 205 (2007)

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Soundtracks

The Rack
Music by Taan Newjam
Performed by DJ Slapshot
(C) Courtesy of Dragonman Entertainment GmbH

User Reviews

What is real?

I had the pleasure of seeing this film at German Films Go North in Stockholm 2011 in 35 mm.

Some of the scares in the film are pretty tame, some clishé, some effective. The effects are not much to hang in a Christmas tree and the ghost looks terrible. The two things that make this film worthwhile is 1; the screenplay and 2: Jennifer Ulrich. Jennifer Ulrich is freaking amazing in this film and after seeing this film, Die Welle and Wir Sind Die Nacht she is now my favorite actress. She give everything to her role and it pays of. She is the force that keeps the film going.

That said I must comment on the other actors. Tino Mewes was OK, not the greatest actor around and his part was not too interesting but he was not bad in any way. Daniel Roesner was pretty terrible, it does not help that he looks and behaves like a douche. Marleen Lohse was just annoying. I found Inez Bjørg David as being pretty good and André Hennicke extraordinary sympathetic as the cop Urban. Julia Dietze of Iron Sky plays the ghost but is only in the movie for a limited amount of time in the film when she is not a special effect but she is almost as good as Jennifer Ulrich in her few scenes.

The script is pretty clever and sets up twists and turns but makes sure to set them up and that they perfect sense when we come closer to the end of the film. The ending is amazing

I don't know if this film will ever come to Sweden again but I will sure watch it in cinema again and buy the DVD.