Rohtenburg (2006)

Director:

Martin Weisz

Writer (WGA):

T.S. Faull (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Inspired By the True Story That Shocked A Nation

Plot:

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis...

Plot Keywords:

Mother Son Relationship | Imaginary Friend | Castration | Heavy Rain | Suicide

Awards:

9 wins

Cast

Keri Russell	...	Katie Armstrong
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Oliver Hartwin
Thomas Huber	...	Simon Grombeck
Rainier Meissner	...	Young Oliver
Angelika Bartsch	...	Viktoria
Alexander Martschewski	...	Rudy
Nils Dommning	...	Karl
Marcus Lucas	...	Felix
Pascal Andres	...	Young Simon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helga Bellinghausen	...	Simon's Mom
Tatjana Clasing	...	Hanna
Stefan Gebelhoff	...	Simon's Dad
Jonas Gruber	...	Rainer
Bojan Heyn	...	Bully
Nikolai Kinski	...	Otto Hauser
Valerie Niehaus	...	Margit
Jörg Reimers	...	Oliver's Dad
Sybille J. Schedwill	...	Frau Schinder (as Sybille Schedwill)
Horst Scheel	...	Prof. Zech (as Horst D. Scheel)
Pierre Shrady	...	The principal
Anatole Taubman	...	Eager Man
Axel Wedekind	...	Domino

Also Known As:

Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (Germany) (working title)
Grimm Love (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | UK:18 | Germany:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

Atlantic Streamline

Trivia:

Keri Russell's storyline originally featured Nikolai Kinski as her boyfriend. He has been edited from the theatrical version.

Quotes:

Oliver Hartwin: Do you still want to go ahead with this?
Simon Grobeck: There's no way back for me. Only forward. Through your teeth.

Movie Connections:

References Faces of Death (1978)

Soundtrack:

I Like Plastique

Different from any expectation

I have to say that this film caught me by complete surprise. I expected it to be a typical "Hostel" kind of horror movie. But the opposite was the case. Rohtenburg is an incredible shot film that draws you into a personal story and guides you slowly into the darkness of a disturbed mind. Against all odds i was pleasantly surprised about this film. I do understand though that this film will raise a lot of controversy and have people not understand it or love or hate it. This film has no grey area, it is hate or love for sure, since it doesn't slumber through the mediocre horror genre formulas and has very little blood for the die hard horror fans. It works on a psychological level and goes way deeper than i expected, actually giving me sleep trouble for two nights.

This is a very different film. I don't think i have ever seen anything like it. I would recommend it.