Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Director:

Tom Tykwer

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Birkin (screenplay) &
Bernd Eichinger (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

He lived to find beauty. He killed to possess it.

Plot:

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Father Daughter Relationship | Naked Dead Woman | Period Piece | Provence

Awards:

12 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Ben Whishaw	...	Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Francesc Albiol	...	Court Official
Gonzalo Cunill	...	Guard 1 Dungeon
Roger Salvany	...	Guard 2 Dungeon
Andrés Herrera	...	Door Guard (as Andres Herrera)
Simon Chandler	...	Mayor of Grasse
David Calder	...	Bishop of Grasse
Richard Felix	...	Chief Magistrate
Birgit Minichmayr	...	Grenouille's Mother
Reg Wilson	...	Customer - Fishmarket
Catherine Boisgontier	...	Woman - Fishmarket
Núria Casas	...	Woman 2 - Fishmarket
Carlos Gramaje	...	Police Lieutenant - Fishmarket
Sian Thomas	...	Madame Gaillard
Michael Smiley	...	Porter
Walter Cots Wanguemert	...	Driver (as Walter Cots Wangüemert)
Perry Millward	...	Marcel
Jan Cortés	...	Boy - Boarding House (as Jan Cortes)
Berta Ros	...	Girl - Boarding House
Alvaro Roque	...	Grenouille - 5 Years
Franck Lefeuvre	...	Grenouille - 12 Years
Sam Douglas	...	Grimal
Joan Serrats	...	Upholsterer
Jaume Montané	...	Pélissier (as Juame Montane)
Bridget McConnell	...	Aunt
Duna Jové	...	Young Woman (as Duna Jove)
Karoline Herfurth	...	The Plum Girl
Timothy Davies	...	Chenier
Dustin Hoffman	...	Giuseppe Baldini
Dora Romano	...	Baldini's Wife
Carolina Vera-Squella	...	Neapolitan Girl (as Carolina Vera)
Rachel Hurd-Wood	...	Laura
Alan Rickman	...	Richis
Sara Forestier	...	Jeanne
Ramon Pujol	...	Lucien
Corinna Harfouch	...	Madame Arnulfi
Paul Berrondo	...	Druot
Joanna Griffiths	...	Marianne
Jessica Schwarz	...	Natalie
Harris Gordon	...	Marquis de Montesquieu
Anna Gelman	...	Albine
Laura Gelman	...	Françoise
Guillermo Ayesa	...	Tallien
Anna Diogene	...	Tallien's Wife
Montserrat Masó	...	Housekeeper (as Montserrat Maso)
Toby Harper	...	Police Lieutenant
Jerome Willis	...	Councillor 1
Fermí Reixach	...	Councillor 2 (as Fermi Reixach)
Derek Smee	...	Councillor 3
Albert Pérez	...	Councillor 4 (as Albert Perez)
Artur Sala	...	Gatekeeper
Thomas Lenox	...	Messenger
Richard Collins-Moore	...	Innkeeper
Francesca Piñón	...	Innkeeper's Wife (as Francesca Piñon)
Nico Baixas	...	Guard - Torture Chamber
Enric Arquimbau	...	Executioner
Oriol Tramvia	...	Land Priest
Cristina Solá	...	Woman with Bishop (as Cristina Sola)
Laura Vidal Traver	...	Hangover Girl
Ariadna Cabrol	...	Beggar Woman 1
Maia Jenkinson	...	Beggar Woman 2
John Hurt	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmen Contreras	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Susana Goulart	...	Extra (uncredited)
Pedro Gutiérrez	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Tykwer

Writing credits (WGA)
Andrew Birkin		(screenplay) &
Bernd Eichinger		(screenplay) &
Tom Tykwer		(screenplay)
Patrick Süskind		(novel "Das Parfum")

Produced by
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Julio Fernández	....	executive producer
Teresa Gefaell	....	line producer: Castelao
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer (as Andy Grosch)
Samuel Hadida	....	executive producer
Manuel Cuotemoc Malle	....	executive producer (as Manuel Malle)
Martin Moszkowicz	....	executive producer
Gigi Oeri	....	co-producer
Edmon Roch	....	delegate producer: Spain
Andreas Schmid	....	executive producer
Silvia Tollmann	....	line producer

Original Music by
Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek
Tom Tykwer

Cinematography by
Frank Griebe		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alexander Berner

Casting by
Grace Browning
Michelle Guish

Production Design by
Uli Hanisch

Art Direction by
Laia Colet

Set Decoration by
Philippe Turlure

Costume Design by
Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Makeup Department
Kurosch Oliver Akhavan	....	additional hair stylist: Munich (as Kurosch-Oliver Akhavan)
Kurosch Oliver Akhavan	....	additional makeup artist: Munich (as Kurosch-Oliver Akhavan)
Susana Ben-Hassan	....	special makeup effects artist
Uli de la Lama	....	hair stylist (as Ulrike de la Lama)
Uli de la Lama	....	makeup artist (as Ulrike de la Lama)
Jesus Javier Garcia	....	additional hairdresser
Tatjana Gluska	....	hair dresser
Tatjana Gluska	....	makeup artist
Juancho Gomez Cebado	....	special dying hair: Rachel Hurd-Wood
Barrie Gower	....	special effects makeup: Rachel Hurd-Wood (as Barry Gower)
Daniel Horowitz	....	hair stylist
Daniel Horowitz	....	makeup artist
Aurora Hummer	....	additional hair stylist
Aurora Hummer	....	additional makeup artist
Erwin H. Kupitz	....	wig maker: Dustin Hoffman
Carolina Lopez	....	assistant makeup artist
Waldo Mason	....	special makeup effects artist
Natalia Montoya	....	assistant hairdresser
Mónica Núñez	....	assistant hairdresser
Valli O'Reilly	....	hair stylist: Dustin Hoffman
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup artist: Dustin Hoffman
Alejandra Ortíz	....	special makeup effects artist
Alexandra Pellicer	....	additional makeup artist
Waldemar Pokromski	....	hair designer
Waldemar Pokromski	....	makeup designer
Björn Rehbein	....	hair stylist supervisor
Björn Rehbein	....	makeup supervisor
Susi Rodríguez	....	makeup artist
Ignasi Ruiz	....	hair dresser
Montse Sanfeliu	....	assistant hair stylist (as Montse Sant Feliu)
Michaela Schüren	....	additional hair stylist: Munich
Michaela Schüren	....	additional makeup artist: Munich
José Sequi	....	assistant hairdresser
Yolanda Serrablo	....	special makeup effects artist
Daniela Skala	....	additional hair stylist (as Daniela Scala)
Daniela Skala	....	additional makeup artist (as Daniela Scala)
Estelle Toustoukine	....	hair dresser
Estelle Toustoukine	....	makeup artist
Adolf Uhrmacher	....	hair stylist supervisor: crowd
Adolf Uhrmacher	....	makeup supervisor: crowd
Nuria Valero	....	assistant hairdresser
Christiane Weber	....	hair stylist
Christiane Weber	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Philipp Alzmann	....	unit manager: Munich unit
Pierre Barnaud	....	production manager: Provence
Simone Benek	....	post-production manager: Constantin
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production manager: VIP Medienfonds
Manni Gläser	....	post-production manager
Daniel Mattig	....	unit manager: Spain
Cornelia Popp	....	unit manager: Munich
Miguel Puertas	....	production manager: Spain
Mandy Rahn	....	post-production supervisor
Gottfried Reisecker	....	post-production supervisor: Constantin
Pati Rosales	....	unit manager: Spain
Christine Rothe	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hans-Peter Abts	....	third assistant director
Tobias Asam	....	additional third assistant director: Spain
Xavier Bernabeu	....	first assistant director: Spain (as Xavier R. Bernabeu)
Aina Carbó	....	additional second assistant director (as Aïna Carbo)
Tanja Däberitz	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sebastian Fahr-Brix	....	first assistant director
Martin Fuhrer	....	second unit director
Santiago Gonzalez	....	third assistant director: Spain
Rebeca Iannaccone	....	additional third assistant director
Inés Lugo	....	additional second assistant director: second unit (as Ines Lugo)
Martí Moreu	....	additional second assistant director: second unit (as Marti Moreu)
Judith Niemeyer	....	trainee assistant director
Ivana Piqué	....	additional second assistant director (as Ivana Pique)
Adolfo Ramirez	....	additional second assistant director: second unit (as Adolfo 'Cucho' Ramirez)
Nelly Requera	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Nely Reguera)
Sergi Ruiz	....	second assistant director: Spain
Ulrike Schürhoff	....	second assistant director
Tomas Zelenka	....	first assistant director: second unit
Scott Kirby	....	first assistant director: prep (uncredited)
Carlos Rosal	....	additional assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Jose Acedo	....	blacksmith
Pau Albin	....	set dresser: Spain
Manel Alcantara	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Franz Alexander	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Hammudi Al-Rahmoun	....	dirt surfaces crew
Pablo Alza	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Sue Appleton	....	cave sculpturer: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne
Carles Arabia	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Pau Arregui	....	dirt surfaces crew
Sabine Auenhaus	....	cave sculpturer: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne (as Sabine Avenhaus)
Jordi Augusti	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Tom Axmann	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Alex Bagan	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Ángel Balaguer	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu (as Angel Balaguer)
Pepe Balaguer	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Toni Balaguer	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Edu Barragan	....	propmaker
Markus Baum	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Christoph Baumstieger	....	stand-by carpenter
Achim Beimann	....	painter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne (as Achim Reimann)
Montserrat Berenguer	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Josef Blaschke	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Carla Bossi	....	painter
Michael Böttger	....	construction supervisor
Karim Boudali	....	propmaker
Tatjana Büchner	....	set dresser: Munich
Stefan Burischek	....	set dresser: Munich
Stefan Burischek	....	set dresser: second unit
Carme Cane	....	leadwoman: Spain
Lali Canosa	....	painter supervisor
Mieke Casal	....	head painter
Jordi Castells	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Josep Castells	....	construction manager: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Deborah Chambers	....	set decorator: Spain
Andy Chevailler	....	storekeeper
Daniel Chour	....	set designer
David Clua	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Franz Daimer	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Michael Däumler	....	set dresser: Munich (as Michael Daumler)
Genaro Díaz	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu (as Genaro Diaz)
Markus Donhauser	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Nardeche Duffy	....	sculptor helper: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne
Florian Eder	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Norbert Falkner	....	project manager: Bavaria Studios München
M.A. Faura	....	art department coordinator: Spain (as Miguel Angel Faura)
Alexis Fibla	....	set designer: Spain
Wolfrik Fischer	....	propmaker: Munich
Daniel Fortia	....	painting helper
Claudia Freixes	....	art department assistant: Spain
Alex Friedrich	....	propmaker (as Alexander Friedrich)
Stephanie Frost	....	cave sculpturer: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne
Francesc Fuster	....	painter
Joan Fuster	....	propmaker
Tamara Gabaniy	....	stand-by props assistant (as Tamara Gabanyi)
Joseba Garmendia	....	dirt surfaces crew
Ricard Gelador	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Mano Giessen	....	propmaker: Munich
Joan Gonzalez	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Helmut Härdtl	....	project manager: Bavaria Studios München
Andreas Hauser	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Helmut Hechenthaler	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Sebastian Heege	....	propmaker: Munich
Hermann Heinrich	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Steff Helmreich	....	set dresser: Spain
Hucky Hornberger	....	art director: Munich
Teresa Icart	....	construction coordinator: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Sergi Iglesias	....	art department assistant: Spain
Stefan Isfort	....	prop master
Thomas Isla Casares	....	draughtsman: Spain
Muhamadu Jabbi	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Natalia Jacob	....	stagehand
Joaquin Jara	....	painter
Jacques Kazandian	....	draper (as Jacques Kazandjian)
Joachim Keppler	....	set dresser: Munich
Andrea Kessler	....	stand-by props
Adrian Keyes	....	assistant storekeeper
Kai Koch	....	assistant production designer (as Kai Karla Koch)
Dominik Korczyk	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Siegfried Kruger	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Barbara Lange	....	assistant art director
Vanessa Llinares	....	art department runner
Juan Carlos Llorens	....	painter
Jens Löckmann	....	carpenter
Adrian Longega	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Julio Luzan	....	sculptor: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Josep Magem	....	set dresser: Spain (as Josep 'Nen' Magem)
Sara Maronas	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu (as Sara Maroñas)
Luca Martel	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Mani Martínez	....	prop buyer (as Mariano 'Mani' Martinez)
Silvia Martinez	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Silvia Arnau Monfil	....	construction helper
Joachim Monninger	....	construction manager: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne (as Achim Monniger)
Felix Montero	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Marc Moreno	....	dirt surfaces crew
Olga Moreno	....	construction coordinator: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Jordi Morera	....	propmaker
Nuria Muni	....	assistant props
Kurt Musegg	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Asier Musitu	....	set dresser: Spain
Patxi Musitu	....	construction helper
Iñigo Navarro	....	set designer: Spain
Helmut Neudorfer	....	special props: Munich
Dimitri Ntonias	....	dirt surfaces crew
Josep Ontanon	....	carpenter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Ann-Kathrin Otto	....	additional draughtsman (as Ann-Katrin Otto)
Allan Owen	....	carpenter
Yolanda Palazuelo	....	painter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Carmine Palmintieri	....	painter
Roger Pares	....	dirt surfaces crew
Nacho Paricio	....	carpenter
Julian Picco	....	dirt surfaces crew
Rafa Pinter	....	set dresser: Spain (as Rafael Pinter)
Elizabeth Pons	....	art department runner
Oliver Portmann	....	stand-by props assistant: Munich (as Oliver Portman)
Jan Ptassek	....	cave sculpturer: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne
Susana Puigsegur	....	propmaker
Arnaud Putman	....	assistant set decorator
Doriano Quintavalle	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Alex Redondo	....	construction helper
David Reig	....	dirt surfaces crew
Dominik Reindl	....	head painter: Bavaria Studios München
Txema Rico	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Arron Riley	....	carpenter
Florence Ritter	....	assistant set decorator
Ivan Roca	....	stand-by carpenter: second unit
Juan Rocamora	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
David Rodriguez	....	painting helper
Gael Roger	....	draughtsperson
Thorsten Sabel	....	assistant set decorator
Omar Sairzad	....	stand-by carpenter
Quico Sanchez	....	set dresser: Spain
Rosella Scapini	....	painter
Claudia Schäfer	....	conceptual artist
Frank Schlegel	....	propmaker: Munich
Sebastian Schmidt	....	set dresser: Spain
Christina Schorre	....	construction helper
Ralf Schuhmacher	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Ivan Solana	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Ulrike Stecker	....	prop buyer (as Ulrike 'Ricky' Stecker)
Silvia Steinbrecht	....	set decoration buyer
Rainer Stock	....	conceptual artist
Rainer Stock	....	storyboards
Marta Such	....	set dresser: Spain
Nebojsa Tabacki	....	graphic artist
Miguel Tahual	....	sculptor helper: Avenhaus Filmdekor Cologne
Octavio Tapia	....	stand-by props: second unit
Waleska Theis	....	art department assistant (as Waleska Defne Theis)
Josep Tierno	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Eñaut Tolosa	....	dirt surfaces crew
Katja Trambow	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Javier Tuñon	....	stand-by painter
Honorio Ubri	....	carpenter
Ignacio Uriarte	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Nano Valdes	....	carpenter
Robert Vanek	....	production designer: miniatures
Anne Versel	....	lead tailor
Quico Viarder	....	painter: Castells Planas de Cardedeu
Haya Villar	....	painting helper
Anton Wagner	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Andreas Walther	....	carpenter: Fake Filmconstruction Cologne
Andreas Walther	....	propmaker: Munich
Felix Weber	....	carpenter: Bavaria Studios München
Simon Weisse	....	propmaker supervisor
Johannes Wild	....	assistant set decorator: Munich
Joannes Wild Jr.	....	helping hand set decoration: Munich
Petra Maria Wirth	....	additional draughtsman (as Petra-Maria Wirth)
Wolfgang Wrede	....	painter: Bavaria Studios München
Marta Zafra	....	stagehand
Ariel Zalazar	....	stand-by props assistant

Sound Department
Ruth Adelman	....	additional adr editor
Stefan Busch	....	sound designer
Robert Edwards	....	adr recordist
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard	....	dialogue editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Frank Gorgas	....	boom operator
Frank Gorgas	....	second production sound recordist
Andreas Hemberger	....	mixing assistant (as Andi Hemberger)
Max Hoskins	....	supervising dialogue editor
Dirk Jacob	....	sound effects editor
Michael Kranz	....	sound department head
Michael Kranz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Kruse	....	sound designer
Matthias Lempert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthias Lempert	....	supervising sound editor
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	sound recording engineer
Rudi Neuber	....	chief sound engineer
Christoph Oertel	....	additional foley recordist
Natxo Ortúzar	....	sound: second unit (as Nacho Ortuzar)
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Benjamin Rosenkind	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fabian Schmidt	....	dialogue editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Markus Stemler	....	assistant foley editor
Michael Wabro	....	dialogue editor
Hanse Warns	....	foley recordist
Hanse Warns	....	supervising foley editor
Roland Winke	....	sound mixer
Norbert Zich	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Javier Aliaga	....	special effects makeup
Sebastian Bulst	....	special props
Rafael Caballero	....	special effects assistant
David Conesa	....	special effects assistant
Marc Fiquet	....	special effects technician
Rolf Hanke	....	special effects project manager
Wolfgang Higler	....	special effects senior technician
Swen Luppino	....	special effects technician (as Sven Lupino)
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Gonzalo Outeda Giménez	....	special effects manager (as Gonzalo Outeda)
Sergio Piñera	....	special effects runner
Federico Ransenberg	....	special effects technician
Jens Schmiedel	....	special effects foreman
Benito Sierra	....	special effects assistant
Marc Valdes	....	special effects assistant
Albrecht von Bethmann	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Toska Baltruschat	....	visual effects editor
Stepán Batousek	....	digital compositor: UPP (as Stepan Batousek)
Jiri Blaha	....	modeller and painter: UPP
Ales Dlabac	....	3D modeller: UPP
Ales Dlabac	....	animator: UPP
Markus Drayss	....	senior 3D artist: ARRI
Jiri Forejt	....	digital compositor: UPP
Roland Friedrich	....	digital compositor: UPP
Miro Gal	....	digital compositor: UPP
Bedrich Glaser	....	modeller and painter: UPP
Svetlana Glaserova	....	modeller and painter: UPP
Geoffrey Grafwallner	....	digital I/O supervisor: ARRI
Lukas Herrmann	....	digital matte painter: UPP
Jan Heusler	....	digital compositor
Frantisek Hradecky	....	3D modeller: UPP
Frantisek Hradecky	....	animator: UPP
Tomas Kalhous	....	digital compositor: UPP
Maros Kesjar	....	3D modeller: UPP
Maros Kesjar	....	animator: UPP
Helena Keslova	....	digital compositor: UPP
Kathie Klippe	....	Arrilaser film recording: ARRI (as Kathi Klippe)
Nina Knott	....	project coordinator: HD mastering
Vít Komrzy	....	visual effects producer: UPP
Martin Kotrba	....	modeller and painter: UPP
Michal Krecek	....	digital compositor: UPP
Tomas Krejzek	....	digital compositor: UPP
Jan Krupicka	....	software and hardware support: UPP
Jiri Krystof	....	modeller and painter: UPP
Jaromír Krýze	....	modeller and painter: UPP (as Jaromir Kryze)
Martina Kubesova	....	unit manager: visual effects shoot, Czech Republic
David Laubsch	....	senior compositing artist: ARRI
Lutz Lemke	....	credit roll
Robert Loudil	....	3D modeller: UPP
Robert Loudil	....	animator: UPP