Agnes and His Brothers

Agnes and His Brothers (German: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler.

Agnes and His Brothers
Agnes und seine Brüder
Directed by	Oskar Roehler
Written by	Oskar Roehler
Produced by	Stefan Arndt
Starring	Martin Weiß Moritz Bleibtreu Herbert Knaup Katja Riemann Tom Schilling
Cinematography	Carl-Friedrich Koschnick
Edited by	Juliane Lorenz Simone Hofmann
Music by	Martin Todsharow
Distributed by	X Filme Creativ Pool GmbH
Release date	14 October 2004 (2004-10-14) Germany
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Plot

Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who enjoys discrediting his father; Martin, who is now Agnes after having a gender-reassignment operation. Agnes works as a dancer and is suffering from unrequited love.

Cast

• Martin Weiß as Agnes Tschirner
• Moritz Bleibtreu as Hans-Jörg Tschirner
• Herbert Knaup as Werner Tschirner
• Katja Riemann as Signe
• Tom Schilling as Ralf
• Suzan Anbeh as Desiree
• Vadim Glowna as Günther
• Margit Carstensen as Roxy
• Lee Daniels as Henry
• Marie Zielcke as Nadine
• Oliver Korittke as Rudi
• Martin Semmelrogge as Manni Moneto
• Martin Feifel as Hannes
• Sven Martinek as Jürgen
• Til Schweiger as Freund in Bibliothek

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Agnes und seine Brüder at IMDb
• Agnes and His Brothers at filmportal.de/en