Cast & Crew

Directed by

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Writing Credits

Knister
(book)
Stefan Ruzowitzky
(screenplay) and
Ralph Martin
(screenplay) and
Armin Toerkell
(screenplay)
Knister
(co-screenplay)

Cast

Alina Freund
Lilli
Sami Herzog
Leon
Michael Mittermeier
Hektor
Pilar Bardem
Surulunda
Ingo Naujoks
Hieronymus
Anja Kling
Mutter
Yvonne Catterfeld
Hübsche Blondine
Karl Markovics
Alfred
Erwin Steinhauer
Mops
Adele Neuhauser
Surulunda
Theo Trebs
Andreas
Leonard Boes
Jonas
Antonia von Melville
Mona
Antonia Cäcilia Holfelder
Lehrerin Grach
Irm Hermann
Immobilienmarklerin
Marie-Lou Bäumer
1. Freundin
Julia Luckstadt
2. Freundin
Dierk Prawdzik
Bodybuilder (Hieronymus)
Alexander Tanzer
7-jähriger Stöpsel
Erik Jan Rippmann
Monas Vater
Alejandro Marcilla
Eisverkäufer
Raquel Diaz Molist
Kindergärtnerin
Dieter Hilpmann
Schuldirektor
Jan von Aubel
Dirigent
Anton Greger
Stuntdouble Lilli
Hélène Jahn
Handdouble Lilli
Sven Pippig
Mops als Mensch
Norman Stoffregen
Mops Körper - Serafim
Lea von Conny
Mops Serafim Hund
Maxima von Conny
Mops Serafim Hund
Leonore Laabs
Opernsängerin - TV
Cédéric Deruytère
Zusätzliche Stimmen
Ruben van der Meer
Hector
Perica Antov
Factory worker

Produced by

Wolfgang Braun
co-producer
Michael Coldewey
producer
Christoph Fisser
co-producer
Markus Golisano
line producer
Maike Haas
co-producer
Martin Husmann
producer
Danny Krausz
co-producer
Corinna Mehner
producer
Thomas Menne
co-producer
Henning Molfenter
co-producer
Justyna Müsch
co-producer
Amedeo Pagani
co-producer
Andreas Peschel-Mehner
associate producer (as Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner)
Tom Roca
executive producer
Julia Steinweg
co-producer
Charlie Woebcken
co-producer (as Dr. Carl Woebcken)
Sonja B. Zimmer
co-producer

Music by

Ian Honeyman

Cinematography by

Peter von Haller
director of photography

Editing by

Britta Nahler

Casting By

Emrah Ertem
Uta Seibicke

Production Design by

Isidor Wimmer

Costume Design by

Nicole Fischnaller

Makeup Department

Danijela Ibricic
additional makeup artist
Birger Laube
special makeup effects artist
Elke Lebender
makeup department head
Daniela Skala
additional makeup artist
Katrin Westerhausen
makeup artist

Production Management

Jan Enderlein
unit manager
Marco Haaf
unit manager
Dana Hopfe
production manager
Rainer Jeskulke
production manager
Thomas Konrad
production manager
Ulli Wimmer-Lamquet
unit manager (as Ulli Schiefer)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Anton Maria Aigner
first assistant director
Jan Filkorn
third assistant director
Lars Gmehling
second second assistant director
Irene Nana Kullmer
second assistant director
Magdalena Prosteder
third assistant director (as Lena Prosteder)
David Wagner
trainee assistant director

Art Department

Michael Düwel
managing director: art department studio babelsberg
Manfred Ebner
property master: outdoor
Christine Egger
assistant production designer
Nathan Fowkes II
visual development artist
Julia Gmoser
trainee props
Andreas Huschke
property master: indoor
Thomas Jakob
carpenter: art department
Boris Kiselicki
storyboard artist
Helko Klünder
carpenter
Christian Krüger
property master: outdoor
Björn Kühn
carpenter
Christine Prinzing
assistant props
Robert Samtleben
construction manager
Bettina Scheibe
painter
Marion Anna Schlauss
graphic artist
Sergej Simonenko
head of accounting: art department studio babelsberg
Berndt Wenzel
lead plasterer

Sound Department

David Arnold
adr recordist
Christian Bischoff
re-recording mixer
Christian Bruckmair
adr recordist
Dana Hopfe
adr production manager
Mario Hubert
sound designer
Micki Joanni
adr editor
Mathias Maydl
sound re-recording co-mixer
Henry Mayr
sound project coordinator
Heiko Müller
sound designer / sound re-recording mixer: temp mix
Pierre Peters-Arnolds
dubbing director
Roland Platz
foley artist
Chris Rebay
sound designer
Serge Timmons
boom operator
Max Vornehm
sound recordist
Rainer Zuber
foley editor

Special Effects by

Sebastian Bulst
special effects coordinator
Chris Kunzmann
creator: monster
Helmut Neudorfer
special effects coordinator
Hans Neurohr
special effects coordinator
Rufin Wiesemann
special effects office coordinator: Chris Creatures

Visual Effects by

Michael Aerni
character animator: Trixter Film / facial lead: Trixter Film
Heike Altenhofen
trainee shading/ lighting/ rendering: Trixter Film
Katrin Arndt
visual effects production manager: Trixter Film
Kyle Balda
animation consultant: Trixter Film
Stefan Braun
lighting artist: Trixter Film
Alessandro Cioffi
compositing supervisor: Trixter Film
Damian Doennig
matchmover: Trixter Film
Hartmut Engel
prop rigging: Trixter Film
Holger Fiala
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Karl Fischer
system administrator: Trixter Film
Sebastian Haas
lead technical director pipeline: Trixter Film
Wolfgang Haas
additional modeling and shading: Trixter Film / character animator: Trixter Film
Michael Habenicht
digital compositor: Trixter Film / pipeline manager: Trixter Film
Raphael Hamm
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Christoph Hars
visual effects line producer: Trixter Film
Dietrich Hasse
digital artist: Trixter Film
Carla Heinzel
"Hektor" rig modeler: Trixter Film
Michael Hipp
lighting and rendering lead: Trixter Film
Andreas Jablonka
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Oliver Kirchhoff
lighting artist: Trixter Film / matchmover: Trixter Film / pipeline manager: Trixter Film
Boris Kiselicki
storyboard artist: Trixter Film
Daniel Komosny
junior animator: Trixter Film
Simone Kraus Townsend
animation supervisor: Trixter Film (as Simone Kraus)
Andreas Krein
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Ines Krüger
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Marius Kuberczyk
digital compositor
Robert Kuczera
senior character animator: Trixter Film
Mathis Lex
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Svetlana Loutsa
"Hektor maquette" modeler: Trixter Film
Mike Maurus
chracter design - cleanup: Trixter Film
Knuth Möde
"Hektor" texture painter: Trixter Film / matte painter: Trixter Film / texturing & shading
Adolf Mühlbauer
"Hektor maquette" scan, Trixtre Film
Lukas Niemczyk
effects artist: Trixter Film
Teni Noravian
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Jan-Hilmar Petersen
pipeline manager: Trixter Film
Heribert Raab
effects artist: Trixter Film
Ralf Rendelmann
prop modeler: Trixter Film
Daniel Sappa
character animator: Trixter Film
Achim Schawer
"Hektor" cgi modeler: Trixter Film
Marko Schöbel
lighting artist: Trixter Film
Sam Siahaija
character animator: Trixter Film
Oleg Solovjov
pipeline manager: Trixter Film
Chris Stenner
lead character animator: Trixter Film
Tim Stern
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Jan Stoltz
visual effects supervisor: Trixter Film
Nathan Stone
character animator: Trixter Film / visual effects setsupervisor assistent: Trixter Film
Thomas Stölzle
layout camera matchmover: Trixter Film / lighting artist: Trixter Film
Vladan Subotic
lighting artist: Trixter Film
Tilmann Vogt
character animator: Trixter Film
Joerg Volk
character animator: Trixter Film (as Jörg Volk)
Thomas von Kummant
visual consultant: Trixter Film
Tim Völcker
pipeline manager: Trixter Film
Georg Wieland
visual effects line producer: Trixter Film
Christian Wieser
digital compositor: Trixter Film
Line Windfeldt Pind
animation trainee: Trixter Film
Dominik Zimmerle
junior compositing artist: Trixter Film
Martin Zwanzger
title designer

Stunts

Anton Greger
stunt double: Lilli
Torsten Jerabek
stunt coordinator
Amar Shetty
stunt coordinator: india
Bastian Volkmer
stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department

Karlo Barber
crane operator
Michael Beitz
gaffer
Marcel Billaudet
crane operator
Oliver Böhm
crane operator
Kapil Dubey
grip
Joe Fischnaller
still photographer
Armin Golisano
assistant camera
Christian Graf
first assistant camera
Simon Großmann
assistant light
Herwig Gruber
electrician
Heiko Grund
electrician
Bernhard Haug
electrician
Yves Hoffman
crane operator
Francesco Lorusso
key grip
Kai Möller
best boy
Marco Nagel
still photographer
Michael Ole Nielsen
steadicam operator
Teja Schwede
first assistant camera
Moritz Thomas
second assistant camera
Markus Vorauer
electrician
Thomas Welz
electrician
Dietmar Zechner
video operator
Katharina Ziegler
second assistant camera

Animation Department

Daniel Callaby
animator

Casting Department

Uta Seibicke
casting: children
Ann Kathrin Weldy
casting: children

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Pieter Bax
assistant costume designer
Melanie Dittberner
wardrobe
Theresa Ebner-Lazek
wardrobe
Franka Eisenhardt
additional wardrobe
Innes Gottberg
additional wardrobe
Katja Kirn
wardrobe
Cornelia Mimault
trainee costume designer
Nadine Waeldchen
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Alexander Dittner
editing consultant
Arne Hastedt
digital intermediate engineer
Christoph Hutterer
assistant editor
Patrick Vollrath
assistant editor

Music Department

Klaus Badelt
composer: main theme / music producer
Michael Beckmann
music supervisor
Christopher Carmichael
composer: additional music
Ia Clua
composer: additional music
Jake Jackson
music recording mixer
Robyn Klein
executive in charge of music
Jeff Toyne
orchestrator
Mark Yaeger
score technical assistant (as Mark Anthony Yaeger)
Joseph Trapanese
additional orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

My-Chi Phu Tho
continuity

Transportation Department

Christopher Jörg
production driver
Ivica Rahija
production driver
Sebastian Von Merveldt
production driver

Additional Crew

Petra Brunzel
production coordinator
Rosa Camero
marketing
Nancy Domay
double: Lilli
Melanie Flemming
financing consultant
Ulrich Fuchs
legal counsel (as Dr. Ulrich Fuchs)
Dirk Hannemann
assistant set manager
Silke Harbauer
production secretary: Trixter Film GmbH
Hélène Jahn
hand double: Lilli
Sonja Kilbertus
production assistant
Norbert Klingner
legal counsel
Paul Kölbl
assistant set manager
Nicoletta Margiol
double: Lilli
Berit Norrenberg
legal advisor (as Berit Wetzel)
Andreas Peschel-Mehner
legal counsel
Valentin Renoldner
production trainee
Karla Schumann
production assistant
Gabriela Schuster
production coordinator
Dorothea Trebs
child supervisor
Lia Vaisman
double: Lilli
Karyna Verba
double: Lilli
Jeronimo Wald
production trainee

Thanks

Josef Brandmaier
thanks
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