Antichrist
When nature turns evil, true terror awaits.
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)
Budget
$11 000 000
Box office
$6 983 220
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Meta Louise Foldager, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde
Camera operator
Composer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Artist
Karl Júlíusson, Ellen Somnitz
Audition
Des Hamilton, Antoinette Boulat, Leo Davis
Editing
Anders Refn, Åsa Mossberg
Whole Team (183)
Whole Team (183)
Short description
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
What's left behind the scenes
- Eva Green was considered for the lead female role.
- 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.
- 'Antichrist' is the first film in the 'Depression Trilogy', which also includes 'Melancholia' (2011), 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. I', and 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. II' (2013).
- Lars von Trier dedicated 'Antichrist' to his favorite director, Andrei Tarkovsky.
- Lars von Trier dedicated “Antichrist” to his favorite director, Andrei Tarkovsky.
- Music by Georg Friedrich Handel plays at the beginning and end of the film.
- “Antichrist” is the first film in the “depression trilogy,” which also includes “Melancholia” (2011), and “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.
- In scenes depicting male and female genitalia, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg were replaced with actual pornographic actors.
- In scenes showing male and female genitals, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg were replaced by actual pornographic actors.
- Before filming began, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg watched Tarkovsky's 'The Mirror'. Dafoe also watched Trier's 'The Idiots', while Gainsbourg watched 'The Night Porter', as the actress carefully studied the character played by Charlotte Rampling.
- Eva Green could have played the main female role.
- Filming for 'Antichrist' was planned for 2005, but the film's producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, shut down the project. In 2007, Lars von Trier fell into a depression and stated that he might never make another film.
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