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Take back your life.
Unknown (2011)
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Budget
$30 000 000
Revenue
$130 786 397
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Actors
Photo Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Dr. Martin Harris
Photo January Jones
January Jones
Elizabeth Harris
Photo Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn
Martin B.
Photo Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
Ernst Jürgen
Photo Frank Langella
Frank Langella
Rodney Cole
Photo Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch
Professor Leo Bressler
Photo Olivier Schneider
Olivier Schneider
Smith
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Short description

Dr. Martin Harris, an American biologist, arrives in Berlin for a conference with his wife, Elizabeth. A car accident on the way from the airport sends him into a coma, and when he wakes several days later, his documents are gone and memory gaps remain. Returning to the hotel, he finds Elizabeth at the side of another man who has taken his name and his place in her life. No one accepts that he is who he says he is, the authorities dismiss him, and unidentified pursuers force him to go on the run. With help from the taxi driver involved in the crash and a former East German intelligence officer, Harris tries to work out what has been done to his life.

The film is a German-British-American-French co-production, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra as his fourth feature, following Orphan and preceding Non-Stop. Liam Neeson leads as Harris, with Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella in the main cast. Stephen Cornwell and Oliver Butcher wrote the screenplay, and Joel Silver, Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona produced.

Released in February 2011 and running just under two hours, the thriller was made for about 30 million dollars and took roughly 131 million worldwide, a strong return on its budget. Audiences rate it at 6.8 out of 10 on IMDb and 6.7 on TMDB, while the critics' score of 5.8 from 200 reviews is lower, so the film has found more favour with viewers than with reviewers.

What's left behind the scenes

  • According to the passport in the film, Martin Harris was born on June 7th, which is also Liam Neeson's birthday, who played Dr. Harris in the film.
  • When the characters are riding in a taxi at the 3-minute mark, they pass a T-34 tank.
  • When Harris's passport is stamped at the airport, a Ukrainian stamp is visible opposite it, for the city of Odessa.
  • The film is based on Didier Van Cauwelaert's novel «Out of My Head» (Hors de moi, 2003).

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