Agnes and His Brothers

Agnes and His Brothers (German: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler.

Agnes and His Brothers
Agnes und seine Brüder
Directed by	Oskar Roehler
Written by	Oskar Roehler
Produced by	Stefan Arndt
Starring	Martin Weiß [de] Moritz Bleibtreu Herbert Knaup Katja Riemann Tom Schilling
Cinematography	Carl-Friedrich Koschnick
Edited by	Juliane Lorenz Simone Hofmann
Music by	Martin Todsharow
Distributed by	X Filme Creativ Pool GmbH
Release date	14 October 2004 (2004-10-14) Germany
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Plot

Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who enjoys discrediting his father; Martin, who is now Agnes after having a gender-reassignment operation. Agnes works as a dancer and is suffering from unrequited love.

Cast

• Martin Weiß [de] as Agnes Tschirner
• Moritz Bleibtreu as Hans-Jörg Tschirner
• Herbert Knaup as Werner Tschirner
• Katja Riemann as Signe
• Tom Schilling as Ralf
• Suzan Anbeh as Desiree
• Vadim Glowna as Günther
• Margit Carstensen as Roxy
• Lee Daniels as Henry
• Marie Zielcke as Nadine
• Oliver Korittke as Rudi
• Martin Semmelrogge as Manni Moneto
• Martin Feifel as Hannes
• Sven Martinek as Jürgen
• Til Schweiger as Freund in Bibliothek

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[1]