Antichrist

Antichrist (2009)

Timing: 1:44 (104 min)

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Release date

2009-05-20

Country

Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden

Production

Film i Väst, SVT, Canal+, Zentropa Entertainments, ARTE France Cinéma, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, CNC, ZDF, PISF, Slot Machine, Zentropa International Köln, DR, Trollhättan Film, Memfis Film, Lucky Red, Zentropa International Poland, ZDF/Arte, Liberator Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet, ARTE, ARTE, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, TrustNordisk, Groupe Grand Accord, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)

Genre

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$7 413 863

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Director

Lars von Trier

Actors

Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
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Scenario

Lars von Trier

Producer

Meta Louise Foldager, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde

Operator

Anthony Dod Mantle

Composer

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Artist

Ellen Somnitz

Audition

Des Hamilton, Antoinette Boulat, Leo Davis

Editing

Anders Refn, Åsa Mossberg
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• Eva Green could have played the main female role.
• In scenes depicting male and female genitalia, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg were replaced with actual pornographic actors.
• Filming of 'Antichrist' was scheduled for 2005, but the film's producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, shut down the project. In 2007, Lars von Trier fell into depression and stated that he might never make another film.
• Before filming began, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg watched Tarkovsky's 'Mirror'. Dafoe also watched von Trier's 'The Idiots', and Gainsbourg watched 'The Night Porter', carefully studying the character of Charlotte Rampling.
• Music by Georg Friedrich Handel plays at the beginning and end of the film.
• Lars von Trier dedicated 'Antichrist' to his favorite director, Andrei Tarkovsky.
• 'Antichrist' is the first film in the 'depression trilogy,' which also includes 'Melancholia' (2011), 'Nymphomaniac: Part I,' and 'Nymphomaniac: Part II' (2013).
• Filming of “Antichrist” was scheduled for 2005, but the film's producer, Peter O’lbek Jensen, shut down the project. In 2007, Lars von Trier fell into depression and stated that he might never make another film.
• Before filming began, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg watched Tarkovsky’s “Mirror.” Dafoe also watched von Trier’s “The Idiots,” and Gainsbourg watched “The Night Porter,” with the actress carefully studying the character of Charlotte Rampling.
• Lars von Trier dedicated “Antichrist” to his favorite director, Andrei Tarkovsky.
• “Antichrist” is the first film in the “depression trilogy,” which also includes “Melancholia” (2011), and “Nymphomaniac: Part I” and “Nymphomaniac: Part II” (2013).