Cast & Crew

Directed by

Michael Schaack

Writing Credits

Akif Pirinçci
(novel)
Martin Kluger
(screenplay) and
Akif Pirinçci
(screenplay)

Cast

Ulrich Tukur
Francis
Mario Adorf
Bluebeard
Helge Schneider
Jesaja
Wolfgang Hess
Kong
Gerhard Garbers
Preterius
Ulrich Wildgruber
Joker
Mona Seefried
Felicity
Manfred Steffen
Gustav
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Archie
Michaela Amler
Nhozemphtekh
Christian Schneller
Mendel
Tobias Lelle
Hermann 1
Frank Röth
Hermann 2
Alexandra Mink
Pepeline
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Pascal / Claudandus (voice)
Cary Elwes
Francis
George Hearn
Preterius
John Hurt
Pascal / Preterius (voice)
Michael Ironside
Jesaja
Michael Madsen
Bluebeard
Christopher Plummer
Joker

Produced by

Jo Hahn
line producer
Hanno Huth
producer
Michael Schaack
executive producer
Stefaan Schieder
line producer

Music by

Anne Dudley

Cinematography by

Mark Marren
(layout director: TFC Trickompany)

Editing by

Thorsten Andersen
Sylvia Genzmer
Monika Negt
Michael Thaler

Art Direction by

Desmond Downes

Production Management

Karla Fall
unit manager: voice dub
Sascha Wolff
production manager: TFC Trickompany
James Wang
production supervisor: Wang Film Productions (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Veit Vollmer
assistant director

Art Department

Scott Caple
storyboard artist
Eric Chu
storyboard artist
Steve Evangelatos
storyboard artist (as Steven Evangelatos)
Robert Koo
storyboard artist (as Rob Koo)
Armen Melkonian
storyboard artist
John Yee
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Peter R. Adam
sound post-production and final mix
Hubert Bartholomae
sound post-production and final mix
Andreas Musolff
sound post-production and final mix
Jörn Poetzl
sound post-production and final mix (as Joern Poetzl)

Visual Effects by

Graham Bebbington
special effects: Premier Films
David Birkinshaw
special effects: Premier Films (as Dave Birkinshaw)
Lynette Charters
special effects: Premier Films
John Cousen
special effects supervisor: Premier Films
Dino Demosthenous
special effects: Premier Films (as Dino Demosthenos)
Marie Doran
special effects: Premier Films
Fran Doyle
special effects: TFC Trickompany
Moritz Glaesle
computer animator: Mediasoft (as Moritz Gläsle)
Colin Hughes
special effects: Premier Films
Stephen McDermott
visual effects artist
Marius Mohnssen
computer animator: Mediasoft (as Marius Mohnssen-Hinrichs)
Mark Naisbitt
special effects: Premier Films
Les Newstead
special effects: Premier Films
Julie Penman
special effects: Premier Films
Anthony Power
special effects: TFC Trickompany
Udo Sabiniewicz
computer animator: Mediasoft
Jane Smethurst
special effects: Premier Films
Gary Sole
special effects: TFC Trickompany
Jill Sutton
special effects: Premier Films
Heather Tailby
special effects: Premier Films
Mitja Thurau
computer animator: Mediasoft
James L. Venable
visual effects artist (US version)
Martin Wansborough
special effects: Premier Films (as Martin Wainsborough)

Camera and Electrical Department

Ernst Hammes
camera operator: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Young Yeon Hwang
camera operator: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Hwang Young-Yeon)
John Leatherbarrow
camera supervisor: Premier Films
Anatole Livera
camera operator: TFC Trickcompany
Werner Loss
camera operator: TFC Trickcompany

Animation Department

Meelis Arulepp
animation crew: A-Film
Rama Ataman
paint and trace: TFC Trickcompany
Udo Beissel
overseas supervisor: TFC Trickompany
Adrienne Bell
animation assistant supervisor: TFC Trickompany
Doug Bennett
animator: Dagda Film (as Douglas Bennett)
Dirk Bertram
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Alan Best
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Roz Blockstrom
animation crew: Premier Films
Peter Bohl
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Clive Bolger
animation crew: Dagda Film (as Clive James Bolger)
Paul Bolger
animation supervisor: Dagda Film / character designer
Rune Brandt Bennicke
animation crew: A-Film (as Rune Brandt)
Maike Bredfeldt
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Mark Brocking
animator: TFC Trickompany (as Mark Bröcking)
Maggie Brown
animation crew: Premier Films
Sally Burden
animation crew: Premier Films
Colum Burke
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Niel Bushnell
animator: Uli Meyer Studios (as Neil Bushnell)
Eamonn Butler
animation crew: Dagda Film
Yoo Byung-Ro
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Scott Caple
layout artist: Azadart
Peter Choi
animation supervisor: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Choi Shin-Mok)
Eric Chu
layout artist: Azadart
Won-Kyung Chung
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Yeon-Kwan Chung
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Marco Cinello
layout artist: Azadart
Caroline Cole
animation crew: Premier Films
Volker Collmann
layout artist: TFC Trickompany
Ron Crown
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Steve Cunningham
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Dörte Dahm
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Kerstin David
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Michelle Davis
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Angeline De Silva
animation crew: Premier Films
Denis Deegan
overseas supervisor: TFC Trickompany
Bernie Denk
animation director (as Bernhard Denk)
Bert Dennison
animation crew: Natterjack Animation (as Bert Denison)
Ursula Don
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Kieran Dowling
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Julia Draper
animation crew: Premier Films
Gary Dunn
animator: Uli Meyer Studios
Claus Dzalakowski
animator: TFC Trickompany (as Klaus Dzalakowski)
Tom Elmes
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Steve Evangelatos
animation supervisor: Natterjack Animation (as Steven Evangelatos)
Thomas Fenger
animation crew: A-Film
Fernando Figoli
line tester: TFC Trickompany
Eckart Fingberg
animator: TFC Trickompany
Roland Fink
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Connor Flynn
animation crew: Dagda Film
Nicola Flynn
animation crew: Dagda Film
Paul Fogarty
animation crew: Dagda Film
Gerry Fournier
animation crew: Natterjack Animation (as Jerry Fournier)
Robert Fox
animation crew: Dagda Film
Hayo Freitag
sequence animator: TFC Trickompany
Toby Genkel
layout artist: TFC Trickompany (as Tobias Genkel)
Paula Goddard
animation crew: Premier Films
Paul Gooding
animation crew: Premier Films
Robin Gott
animation crew: Dagda Film
Jason Groh
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Steven Handley
animation crew: Premier Films
Ilan Hatukah
animation crew: A-Film
Michael Hegner
animation supervisor: A-Film
Anja Hiesener
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Lee Hill
animation check: TFC Trickompany
Lynn Hollowell
animation crew: Premier Films
Colleen Holub
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Nicola Hopley
animation crew: Premier Films
Dag Hornig
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Peter Hynes
animation crew: Premier Films
Kim Ik-Hwan
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Maryam Imani
animation crew: Premier Films (as Mariam Imani)
Jean Jalbert
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Joe Jin-Ok
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Chris Jones
animation crew: Premier Films
Karen Jones
animation crew: Premier Films
Eimear Joyce
animation check: TFC Trickompany
Maurice Joyce
layout artist: TFC Trickompany / overseas supervisor
Jung-wha Kang
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Kang Jung-Wha)
Hwang Ki-Hong
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Michael Kiely
animation crew: Dagda Film
Suh Kil-Soo
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Dae-young Kim
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Ok-soon Kim
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Kim Ok-Soon)
Song-cheol Kim
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Young Mee Kim
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Kim Young-Mee)
Young-Woo Kim
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Kim Young-Woo)
Katja Klein
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Petra Kolitsch
background artist: TFC Trickompany
Robert Koo
layout artist: Azadart (as Rob Koo)
Sigrun Kortas
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Volker Krafzel
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Maike Kühl
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Russell Ladewig
animation crew: A-Film (as Russel Ladewig)
Daniel Lafrance
animation crew: Natterjack Animation
Imge Langner
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Matthias Lechner
layout artist: TFC Trickompany
Sang Youn Lee
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Lee Sang-Yoon)
Taek Myun Lee
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation (as Lee Tack-Meun)
Jens Leganger
animation crew: A-Film (as Jens Leganger Larsen)
Sabine Leiber-Joof
color designer: TFC Trickompany (as Sabine Leiber)
Holger Leihe
animator: TFC Trickompany
Simone Lemcke
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Jørgen Lerdam
animation crew: A-Film
Gundrun Ludewig
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Mareike Ludewig
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Gi Man-Chul
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Mark Marren
layout director: TFC Trickompany
Tim Massa
animation crew: Uli Meyer Studios
Chloe Mauro
animation crew: Premier Films
Maeve McCarthy
background artist: TFC Trickompany
Luba Medekova-Klein
animator: TFC Trickompany (as Lubica Medekova)
Armen Melkonian
layout designer / layout supervisor: Azadart
Phil Morris
animation crew: Dagda Film
Alan Moss
animation crew: Premier Films
Lorna Mulligan
animation crew: Premier Films
Gavin Murphy
animation crew: Dagda Film
Jesper Møller
animation crew: A-Film
Robin Müller
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Ansgar Niebuhr
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Jens R. Nielsen
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany (as Jens Neilsen)
Renate Nikolaus
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Karin Nilsson
animation crew: A-Film
Martin O'Grady
layout artist: TFC Trickcompany
Niall O'Loughlin
animation crew: Dagda Film
Martha Oka
layout artist: Azadart
Kirsten Otte
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Suk-young Park
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Hans Perk
animation crew: A-Film
Darren Power
animation crew: Dagda Film
Christian Puille
layout artist: TFC Trickompany
Noelle Quinn
animation crew: Dagda Film (as Noelle J. Quinn)
Panagiotis Rappas
animator: TFC Trickompany
Stephen Reid
animation crew: Dagda Film
Claudia Reinhardt
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Fiona Revell
animation crew: Premier Films
Sean Ridgway
animation crew: Natterjack Animation (as Sean Ridgeway)
Lyra Riley
animation crew: Premier Films
Damian Rimmer
animation crew: Premier Films
Dean Roberts
animator: Uli Meyer Studios
Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Marques
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany (as Paulo Rodrigues-Marques)
Ando Roose
animation crew: A-Film (as Ando Tammik)
Jason Ryan
animator
Jay Ryan
animation crew: Dagda Film
Joyce Saunders
animation crew: Premier Films (as Joyce Saunders-Diop)
Karen Scanlon
animation crew: Dagda Film
June Scannell
animation crew: Dagda Film (as June M. Scannell)
Michaela Schuster
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Michele Secilia
animation crew: Uli Meyer Studios (as Michele Craig)
Len Simon
animation crew: Dagda Film
Richard Smitheman
animation crew: Dagda Film
Janus Sorgenfrey
animation crew: A-Film (as Janus Sorgenfrey Pedersen)
Kelly Spacey
animation crew: Premier Films
Sam Spacey
animation crew: Premier Films (as Samantha Spacey)
Irene Sparre Hjorthøj
animation crew: A-Film
Kevin Spill
layout artist: TFC Trickompany
Dan Sumich
animator: Uli Meyer Studios
Kang Sung-Ae
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Patrice Szewczyk
layout artist: Azadart
Tonia Thorne
animation crew: Premier Films
Greg Tiernan
animation crew: Dagda Film
Sandra Tiernan
animation crew: Dagda Film
Kim Torpey
animation crew: Uli Meyer Studios
Kirsten van Schreven
animation crew: Dagda Film (as Kirsten van Schreven-Butler)
Ute von Münchow-Pohl
animator: TFC Trickompany
Markus Wagenführ
layout artist: TFC Trickompany
Florian Wagner
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
John R. Walsh
animation crew: Dagda Film (as John Walsh)
Peter Wang
layout artist: Azadart
Josephine Warfelmann
layout artist: TFC Trickcompany
Roger Way
animation crew: Premier Films
Dagmar Weisbach
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Julia Weisbach
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Susanne Wendland
assistant animator: TFC Trickompany
Karin Wengorz
animation crew: Animationsstudio Ludewig
Ray Woods
animation crew: Dagda Film
Ina Wudtke
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Nick Yates
animation crew: Premier Films
John Yee
layout artist: Azadart
Yung Yeo-Hack
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
An Yong-Nam
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Son Yong-Sook
animation crew: Hahn Shin Corporation
Chris York
animation crew: Dagda Film
Ira Zamjatnins
paint and trace artist: TFC Trickompany
Johnny Zeuthen
animation crew: A-Film
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
animator (uncredited)
Dan Kuenster
animator: Kuenster Bros. Animation (uncredited)
Piotr Morawski
animator (uncredited)
Bunis Yang
animator: Wang Film Productions (uncredited)

Casting Department

Lore Eberhard
casting speakers

Editorial Department

Klaus Basler
post production: TFC Trickcompany
Diego Guza
editor: leica reel
Hanna Haase
negative cutter: TFC Trickcompany
Thomas U. Windheim
negative cutter: TFC Trickcompany

Music Department

Michael Bentele
music consultant
Anne Dudley
music orchestrated and conducted by
Georg Naschke
music consultant (as George Naschke)
Mike Ross-Trevor
recording engineer
Gavyn Wright
orchestra leader
Mark Berrow
musician: violin (uncredited)
Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Karin Brandt
production accountant: TFC Trickcompany
Hans Fink
film transfer
Helle Hansen
production crew: A-Film
Eric Helms
production accountant: TFC Trickcompany
Ilona Hüttersen
publicist
Brigitte Jopp
production assistant: TFC Trickcompany
Thorsten Lehmann
technical director: TFC Trickcompany
Daniel Matejic
runner: TFC Trickcompany
Ulfo Münster
production controller: TFC Trickcompany
Denis Pabst
runner: TFC Trickcompany
Anne-Sophie Presch-Gacon
production accountant: TFC Trickcompany (as Anne-Sophie Gacon)
Bruno Rauscher
production assistant
Rudolf Roemmelt
titles
Stefan Rüll
legal counsel
Angelika Schaack
dialogue director
Uli Zumsande
production assistant: TFC Trickcompany
Fang Ding
coordinator: Wang Film Productions (uncredited)
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