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2009 (USA) moreTagline:
Inspired By the True Story That Shocked A Nation morePlot:
In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis... more | add synopsisAwards:
9 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(12 articles)
One-Page Screenplay: Ts Faull's Throat Babies (From Movieline. 13 July 2009, 3:45 PM, PDT)
Ban lifted on German cannibal movie
(From digitalspy. 27 May 2009, 5:47 AM, PDT)
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Nowhere nearly as brutal and harrowing as Marian Dora's "Cannibal". more (9 total)Cast
(Credited 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 |
| Sigrid Burkholder | ... | Mourner 1 |
| Tatjana Clasing | ... | Hanna |
| Stefan Gebelhoff | ... | Simon's Dad |
| Jonas Gruber | ... | Rainer |
| Bojan Heyn | ... | Bully |
 | Nikolai Kinski | ... | Otto Hauser |
| Renate Naujoks | ... | House Wife |
| Valerie Niehaus | ... | Margit |
| Jörg Reimers | ... | Oliver's Dad |
| Dagmar Sachse | ... | Mourner 2 |
 | 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 |
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Also Known As:
Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (Germany) (working title)Grimm Love (USA) (new title)
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Germany:90 min | Argentina:86 min (DVD version)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/18 | UK:18 | Argentina:18 | Canada:R (Ontario)Filming Locations:
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"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". moreQuotes:
Eager Man: [Eager Man meets cannibal through personal ad; strung up and about to be butchered, he changes his mind] I don't want to do this! Let me down! Let me down! Let me down!Oliver Hartwin: I said serious only.
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"Rohtenburg" by Martin Weisz is based on a true crime case of German cannibal Armin Meiwes,who butchered and cannibalized computer programmer Bernd-Jurgen Brandes after putting on necrobabes.com an advertisement "I'm looking for a normally built young man between 18 and 25 years for a real slaughter and consumption".It was ultimately banned in Germany due to a lawsuit in which Meiwes successfully argued that the film slandered his deeds and made him look bad.As a person who is really interested in the darkest human deeds I had to watch it.The performances by Thomas Huber as Simon and particularly Thomas Kretschmann as Oliver are very strong,but the film lacks gore and horrifying images of "Cannibal".I also think that Keri Russel's character is completely bland and unnecessary.The film would be better without it.Overall,this film left me a little bit disappointed.Check out Marian Dora's "Cannibal" or horrifying documentary "The Man Who Ate His Lover" for much better understanding of this fascinating case.