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The Perfumier

Original title: Der Parfumeur
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
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The Perfumier (2022)
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A police detective tries to get back her boyfriend as well as her sense of smell, as she gets help from a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to find the perfect fragrance.A police detective tries to get back her boyfriend as well as her sense of smell, as she gets help from a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to find the perfect fragrance.A police detective tries to get back her boyfriend as well as her sense of smell, as she gets help from a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to find the perfect fragrance.

  • Director
    • Nils Willbrandt
  • Writers
    • Patrick Süskind
    • Nils Willbrandt
    • Kim Zimmermann
  • Stars
    • Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
    • August Diehl
    • Robert Finster
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    1.8K
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    • Director
      • Nils Willbrandt
    • Writers
      • Patrick Süskind
      • Nils Willbrandt
      • Kim Zimmermann
    • Stars
      • Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
      • August Diehl
      • Robert Finster
    • 17User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
    August Diehl
    August Diehl
    Robert Finster
    Robert Finster
    • Juro
    Cornelia Heyse
    Sina Martens
    Anne Müller
    • Rex
    Luna Baptiste Schaller
    • Jackie
    Emilia Schüle
    Emilia Schüle
    • Sunny
    Ludwig Simon
    Ludwig Simon
    • Dorian
    Tessa Stokes
    Tessa Stokes
    • Sunny
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    Sebastian A. Dusza
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    • Director
      • Nils Willbrandt
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      • Patrick Süskind
      • Nils Willbrandt
      • Kim Zimmermann
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    3me_on_quality

    Watch the original. This here is just bad filmmaking.

    Where to start, where to end? What a terrible German movie drivel, once again. Too many just can't write good scripts, it seems, and just don't understand story, character development, suspense, protagonists. Woven in is once again that bland wokeness that Netflix has come to represent. The original, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, is a pretty much perfect movie, great visuals, acting, story, tragedy. This here is just a grand muddle, from beginning to end. The acting is okayish, as are the technical-artistic aspects like camerawork, music etc. Altogether, when will there be good script writing film schools in Germany?
    1honeybloggs-69648

    IT STINKS!

    German movies and dramas used to be good but now they're just low budget with very poor acting , no plot , disappointments This film tries to be 'arty farty' with a 'Laura Ashley ' vibe going on , in the way it's filmed . Then you also have the nod to Silence of the Lambs with the serial killer type of character and a blonde transvestite in this film . So suddenly it tries to be serious . There's no plot . Nothing makes sense . It's like the person who wrote this jotted down some gibberish when they were bored . What's astounding is that this story got the funding to be made into a movie!

    I watched half an hour and just couldn't watch anymore. I knew it couldn't get any better and reading other reviews I was right I'd give this rubbish a minus score if I could . IMBD How about introducing minus scores for movies ?
    4borgolarici

    Another modern aesthetic thing

    600 characters are really too much for a lot of movies, this being one of them. I could say two simple words, aesthetic rubbish, and you would immediately understand what I'm talking about. There are a lot of silent scenes, interesting costume choices, "visionary" moments... the complete indie package. It has nothing to do with the German serie Der Perfume, August Diehl (I love him so much) cammeo is clearly an attempt to create an expanded universe but it's just not it. It's boring. It's mostly pointless. It's too long. There are so many basic plot twists that could be laughable if the movie didn't take itself so damn seriously.
    1ryolusky13

    What did I just watch???

    What did I just watch??? The movie started good with interesting storyline and it kept me wondering how the end would be. However, after 40-50 minutes watching, I 'smelled' something fishy or suspicious about this movie, yet I have been successfully seduced and could not rejected this movie scent. If I can be honest to you, I still don't know what was happened to me and why I have spent my precious time to watch this movie. This movie had left me confused, lost and stranded in a strange land without any food, gas or communication tools to seek for help. Please, please do watch this movie and help me to find out the whole points of this life.
    2yusufpiskin

    Incredible Bad

    This epic novel has already been perfectly adapted to the cinema by a German director, Tom Tykwer. I will never understand why the Germans made a disgraceful adaptation of a movie that left its mark on cinema. The acting is bad, the cinematography is mediocre, the adaptation made to the present is incredibly bad, it has failed in terms of scenario. If I were Nils Willbrandt, I would try to prevent this movie from being released. The only good thing about this movie is that it makes you want to watch the Tom Tykwer version again. I'm sure the budget spent on this movie is more than the budget in Tom Tykwer's movie. The worst movie is Netflix Germany.

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • صانع العطور
    • Production companies
      • Constantin Television
      • MOOVIE
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      • 1h 36m(96 min)
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