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Rohtenburg

Rohtenburg

2006Movie⏱️ 1h 27mR
CrimeDramaHorrorThriller
⭐ 5.1
IMDB Rating
3,801 votes

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people l...

Director
Martin Weisz
Writers
N/A
Stars
Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell, Thomas Huber
Release Date
June 18, 2009
Language
English
Country
Germany
πŸ† 7
Wins
🎯 3
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 28
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 4.3K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Thomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann
as Oliver
Keri Russell
Keri Russell
as Katie
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Thomas Huber
as Simon
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Rainier Meissner
as Young Oliver
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Marcus Lucas
as Felix
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Angelika Bartsch
as Viktoria
Alexander Martschewski
Alexander Martschewski
as Rudy
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Nils Dommning
as Karl
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Pascal Andres
as Young Simon
Axel Wedekind
Axel Wedekind
as Domino

πŸ’° Box Office

$95,676
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Beyenburg, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Production
Senator Entertainment Co, Atlantic Streamline

🏷️ Keywords

true crimestudentkillergermanycannibal

🎯 Categories

Body HorrorPsychological ThrillerTrue CrimeCrimeDramaHorrorThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Grows on you gets under your skin and in your head
by elliott78212 β€’ 2013-02-09
7/10

"I wanted to look away, I tried to walk away, and yet I found myself watching intently. The grisly story unfolds as Russells character investigates a serial killer for her thesis. The more she finds out the more she seems to want to know and the audience is brought along with her. I will not giveaway anything because it would ruin it for anyone. Having never heard of the film I mostly watched it since it was endorsed by Fangoria Magazine and admittedly after watching its obvious why. There is no bright spot in this dark, chilling tale, somewhere halfway thinking how can I continue watching I do..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

"Inspired" by the real life story of the "Cannibal of Rotenburg", Armin Meiwes, who mutilated, killed, and finally ate a man who had previously agreed to Meiwes doing just that with him. Both men met on the Internet where media subsequently discovered vast communities of people fantasizing about eating and being eaten by others sharing their "quirk".

πŸ“– Synopsis

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people l...