Credits
- Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
- Ben Whishaw
- Giuseppe Baldini
- Dustin Hoffman
- Richis
- Alan Rickman
- Laura
- Rachel Hurd-Wood
- Narrator
- John Hurt
- Director
- Tom Tykwer
- Writer
- Andrew Birkin
- Writer
- Bernd Eichinger
Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Unsettling thriller based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Suskind. In 18th century Paris, an invidious young man develops a heightened sense of smell, and becomes a skilled perfumier. He schemes to create the most beguiling perfume in the world by infusing the scents of thirteen beautiful women, even though his endeavour turns him into a serial killer.
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