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The Elementary Particles

Original title: Elementarteilchen

  • Movie
  • 2006
  • 1h 45m

Directed by Oskar Roehler

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 154 votes

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Overview

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.

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Cast and crew

  • Christian Ulmen

    Christian UlmenMichael Djerzinski

  • Moritz Bleibtreu

    Moritz BleibtreuBruno Klement

  • Martina Gedeck

    Martina GedeckChristiane

  • Franka Potente

    Franka PotenteAnnabelle

  • Nina Hoss

    Nina HossJane

  • Corinna Harfouch

    Corinna HarfouchDr. Schäfer

  • Uwe Ochsenknecht

    Uwe OchsenknechtBruno's Father

  • Jasmin Tabatabai

    Jasmin TabatabaiYogini

  • Tom Schilling

    Tom SchillingMichael (young)

  • Thomas Drechsel

    Thomas DrechselBruno (young)

  • Nina Kronjäger

    Nina KronjägerKatja

  • Hermann Beyer

    Hermann BeyerAnnabelle's Father

  • Ulrike Kriener

    Ulrike KrienerAnnabelle's Mother

  • Jennifer Ulrich

    Jennifer UlrichJohanna

  • Michael Gwisdek

    Michael GwisdekProfessor Fleisser

  • Herbert Knaup

    Herbert KnaupSollers

  • Deborah Kaufmann

    Deborah KaufmannHannelore

  • Rüdiger Klink

    Rüdiger KlinkUwe

Director
Oskar Roehler
Writer
Michel Houellebecq and Oskar Roehler
Music
Martin Todsharow
Cinematography
Carl-Friedrich Koschnick