Rotten
Antibodies brings together a philosophically minded serial killer, a devoutly religious cop and a cynical filmmaker clearly itching to go Hollywood.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Antibodies
The Good is the Evil in It
2005 · 2h 7m · Not Rated
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Christian Alvart
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Antibodies
Overview
When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.
Director and cast
- Christian Alvart Director
- Wotan Wilke Möhring as Michael Martens
- André Hennicke as Gabriel Engel
- Heinz Hoenig as Kommissar Seiler
- Norman Reedus as Polizist Schmitz
- Ulrike Krumbiegel as Rosa Martens
- Nina Proll as Lucy
- Hauke Diekamp as Christian
- Christian von Aster as Polizist Wagner
- Waltraud Witte Cast
- Martin Umbach Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A German thriller that isn't shy about ripping off The Silence of the Lambs.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
The film's pace is brisk enough to maintain our full attention. Antibodies is not so much an art house movie as a well-made, commercial thriller that happens to be in German.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Instead of reinventing the procedural mechanics of the serial-killer drama, filmmaker Christian Alvert adds to its current state of retardation with desperate atmospherics and a cheap disquisition on sex and religion.
Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice
Fresh
Antibodies is fairly riveting, thanks to Alvart's command of craft and tone. He's a director to watch.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
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