Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2004
Director Oskar Roehler
Screenplay Oskar Roehler
Director of Photography Carl-F. Koschnick
Editors Juliane Lorenz, Simone Hofmann
Music by Martin Todsharow
Production Design Sabine Rudolph
Producer Stefan Arndt
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne, BR/Munich, ARTE/Strasbourg
Principal Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Martin Weiss, Katja Riemann, Tom Schilling, Vadim Glowna
Casting Simone Baer
Length 116 min, 3,174 m
Format 35 mm, color, cs
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital 5.1
Festival Screenings Venice 2004 (Horizons)
With backing from Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA), BKM, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
German Distributor X Verleih/Berlin
World Sales
Bavaria Film International / Dept. of Bavaria Media GmbH
Release Date 14th October 2004
Official Site http://www.agnes-derfilm.de
Agnes and his brothers have little in common, except an eccentric old father, relationship problems that are totally screwing up their lives, and the distinct possibility those two things are connected.
Hans-Jorg conceals his sexual frustration behind his meek librarian appearance. Sex addict meetings don't seem to be stopping his incessant masturbation and awkwardness with women. But his life changes drastically when he finds outlets for his anger and lusty libido.
Werner is much more successful at political combat than family diplomacy. He's caught up in an upperclass suburban nightmare and bickering is the only heat left in his marriage. His rocky relationship with bored wife Signe is aggravated by his smartass, pot-cultivating teenage son.
Agnes is haunted by the mother she never knew and perhaps too nostalgic about her past as a man. Despite her efforts, transgendered Agnes just can't quite fit into the mold of the little homemaker expected by her bossy boyfriend. Once she's out on the streets alone, Agnes wipes away her tears and proudly takes on her bleak future with a smile.
Funny how simple everyday desires for sex, love and understanding can end up pushing people closer and closer to the edge. People like us (sort of), ready to explode at any moment.
To Get To The Point
Agnes and His Brothers is the story of three siblings who couldn't be any more different from each other: Hans-Joerg (Moritz Bleibtreu) is a librarian, sexually obsessed, and a passionate voyeur. Werner (Herbert Knaup) is a successful politician with a self-confident wife and two sons. But behind the facade of their marriage, the foundation is starting to chip. And then there is Agnes (Martin Weiss), who used to be a man, but who now, as a result of unfulfilled love and with great desire, works his way through the night as a dancer.
They all share the same love-hate relationship with the same man who greatly influenced their lives - their eccentric father. One day, one of them finally breaks free...
