Ben Whishaw
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
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A 2006 film adaptation of Patrick Süskind's novel about a serial killer who creates perfume from human bodies. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more.
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- Crime, Drama, Fantasy
- Tom Tykwer
- 2007-01-05
A 2006 thriller film based on Patrick Süskind's novel about a serial killer who seeks the perfect scent. The film stars Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Dustin Hoffman, and was directed by Tom Tykwer.
The unsettling horror plot with a one-note villain -- Whishaw's Grenouille is on a murderous pursuit to try and recapture the smell of his first murder victim -- is perfect for a 45-minute...
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- Tom Tykwer
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- Mystery & Thriller, History, Drama
Feb 26, 1985 · Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel (published originally in German as Das Parfum) by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meaning that scents may have.
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Born with an acute sense of smell, Jean-Baptiste resorts to dark deeds in creating a perfume that captures the essence of a woman. Watch trailers & learn more.
Perfume is a 1985 German novel by Patrick Süskind about a serial killer with a superhuman sense of smell. The novel explores the themes of horror, mystery, magic realism and absurd, and has been translated into 49 languages and won several awards.
Dec 27, 2006 · Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 2006 German period psychological crime thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Dustin Hoffman. Tykwer, with Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, also composed the music.
