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1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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DVD release of the 2006 motion picture
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. An opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist Giuseppe Baldini results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of the human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate perfume
Based on the novel "Das parfum," by Patrick Süskind
Special features: The story of Perfume
Director of photography, Frank Griebe ; editor, Alexander Berner ; music, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil ; costume designer, Pierre-Yves Gayraud ; production designer, Uli Hanisch
Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, John Hurt
MPAA rating: R; for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images
DVD ; Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround
In English, with English or Spanish subtitles
Closed-captioned
German Film Awards, 2007: Film Award in Gold - Best Cinematography (Frank Griebe); Best Costume Design (Pierre-Yves Gayraud); Best Editing (Alexander Berner); Best Production Design (Uli Hanisch); Best Sound (Stefan Busch, Dirk Jacob, Michael Kranz, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Hanse Warns, Roland Winke) ; Film Award in Silver - Outstanding Feature Film (Bernd Eichinger)