Das Parfüm – Die Geschichte eines Mörders
Germany, France, Spain
Synopsis
France 18th century: Jean Baptiste Grenouille - a genius, a monster, a murderer - notoriously obsessed with smell.
Born with one sublime gift - an absolute sense of smell, he lives to detect any odor on earth. But he himself has no scent of his own.
He apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of extracting the scent from precious oils and herbs.
Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the most powerful perfume of the world - made of the scent of thirteen beautiful young virgins.
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Written by: Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer, Andrew Birkin
Production Design: Frank Griebe, Uli Hanisch
Original Score: Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
Cast: Ben Whishaw (Jean-Baptiste Grenouille), Dustin Hoffman (Baldini), Rachel Hurd Wood (Laura), Alan Rickman (Richis)
Nominations and Awards
- European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence 2007
- European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma 2007
- European Actor 2007
- European Composer 2007
- People's Choice Award 2007
- Feature Film Selection 2007