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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Fatih Akin

Writing Credits

Fatih Akin
(writer)
Mardik Martin
(co-writer)

Cast

Tahar Rahim
Nazaret Manoogian
Simon Abkarian
Krikor
Makram Khoury
Omar Nasreddin
Hindi Zahra
Rakel
Kevork Malikyan
Hagob Nakashian
Bartu Küçükçaglayan
Mehmet
Zein Fakhoury
Arsinée Manoogian (child)
Dina Fakhoury
Lucinée Manoogian (child)
Trine Dyrholm
Orphanage Headmistress
Arsinée Khanjian
Mrs. Nakashian
Akin Gazi
Hrant
Arevik Martirosyan
Ani
Moritz Bleibtreu
Peter Edelman
Adam Bousdoukos
Priest in Caravan
George Georgiou
Vahan
Lara Heller
Lucinée & Arsinée Manoogian (Adult)
Katerina Poladjan
Magdalena
Michael S. Ruscheinsky
Henry, Minneapolis Man
Artur Sorokin
Railroad Worker
Numan Acar
Alpasan leader of Deserters
Ali Akdeniz
NER Employee
Emin Santiago Akin
Boy hit by a stone
German Alcolea
Young Man
Soraya Amori
Women Ensemble
Korkmaz Arslan
Leader of Mercenaries
Sameera Asir
Soap Factory Woman Reading
Alicia Bustamante
Postal worker
Carlos Calero
Alvin
Yasar Cetin
Turkish Gendarm
Badasar Colbiyik
Arman
Grace Dove
Emma
Ali Elayan
Bedouin
Ayhan Hacifazlioglu
Gendarme in Aleppo
Andrea Hessayon
Mrs. Balakian
Rozet Hubes
Woman in soap factory
Jenia Jabaji
Girl on death march
Joel Jackshaw
Tom
Hatun Kazci
Delal
John Keogh
Hobo
Feridun Koç
Dursun
Dustin MacDougall
Henry
Hadi Minem
British Army
Gary Oliver
Editor
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Spanish Steward
Zinos Panagiotidis
Man in Newspaper Office
Hilario Peña
Rum smuggler
Baker al Qabbani
Nazareth's Father
Alejandro Rae
Danny
Maja Remstedt
Polish nun
Ralph Remstedt
German engineer
Alexei Rivera
Captain of Smugglers
Carlos Riverón
Todd
Shubham Saraf
Levon
Anna Savva
Mrs. Krikorian
Argelio Sosa
Wealthy armenian
Sevan Stephan
Baron Boghos
Aysen Sümercan
Elderly Woman in Soap Factory
Sesede Terziyan
Mother of Armenian Girl
Josephine Welcome
Armenian Grandma
Mehmet Yilmaz
Turkish gendarme
Patrycia Ziolkowska
Sick woman
Önder Çakar
Governor's assistant

Produced by

Ali Akdeniz
associate producer
Fatih Akin
producer
Karl Baumgartner
producer
Ali Betil
associate producer
Francis Boespflug
co-producer
Laurette Bourassa
co-producer
Reinhard Brundig
producer
Claudia Calviño
line producer: Cuba
Valerio De Paolis
co-producer
Karim Debbagh
service producer: Morocco
Ruben Dishdishyan
co-producer
Piotr Dzieciol
co-producer
Alberto Fanni
co-producer
Joseph Formosa Randon
line producer: Malta
Marcus Loges
line producer
Aram Movsesyan
co-producer
Stéphane Parthenay
co-executive producer
Ewa Puszczynska
co-producer
Nurhan Sekerci-Porst
executive producer
Doug Steeden
co-producer
Fabienne Vonier
co-producer
Flaminio Zadra
executive producer

Music by

Alexander Hacke

Cinematography by

Rainer Klausmann
director of photography

Editing by

Andrew Bird

Casting By

Beatrice Kruger
supervising casting director

Production Design by

Allan Starski

Art Direction by

Frank Bollinger
Charlo Dalli
Paul McCulloch
Alain Ortiz
Nenad Pecur
(Supervising Art Director)

Set Decoration by

Franckie Diago
Amber Humphries
Karim Kheir
Nasser Zoubi

Costume Design by

Katrin Aschendorf

Makeup Department

Tanja Adams
additional makeup artist
Marie-Luise Adler
additional makeup artist
Marcela Barreto
assistant makeup artist
Bryon Callaghan
key makeup artist: Canada
Nicola Faas
makeup artist: Hamburg
Jackie Grima
makeup artist
Karen Schembri Grima
makeup artist
Birgit Herber
additional makeup artist
Nadine Hohmann
additional makeup artist
Farah Jadaane
makeup artist
Anna Jäger
additional make-up/hair: crowd
Jan Kempkens-Odemski
makeup artist (as Jan Kempkens)
Miriam Kluge
additional makeup artist: Hamburg
Sara Lichtsteiner
additional makeup artist
Tania Manassa
assistant hair stylist
Noureddin Meqbel
assistant makeup artist (as Nour Aldeen Mekbel)
Maren Meyer
makeup artist
Don Olson
key hair stylist: Canada
Waldemar Pokromski
key makeup artist
Mareike Saß
additional makeup artist: Berlin
Sabine Schumann
makeup artist
Debbie Scicluna
hair stylist
Suleiman Tadros
makeup artist (as Sleiman Tadros) / special makeup effects artist (as Sleiman Tadros)
Ruth Ute Wagner
additional makeup artist: Hamburg

Production Management

Diala Al Raie
assistant production manager
Elke Andreas-Möller
post-production supervisor
Ralph Brosche
production manager: Jordan
Valérie Farthouat
post-production supervisor: France
Marc Grewe
production manager: Germany
Lucja Kedzior-Samodulska
production manager (as Lucja Kedzior)
Fuad Khalil
production manager
Rula Saleh
travel & accommodation coordinator
Alejandro Tovar
Production Manager (Cuba)
Darin Wilson
production manager: Alberta

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tarik Afifi
third assistant director
Robert Bonello
second assistant director: Malta
Ola Czarniecka
second second assistant director
K.K. Hareb
second second assistant director
Mohammad Kloob
production assistant
Ralph Remstedt
first assistant director
Majel Reyes
first assistant director: Cuba unit
Mumtaz Robson
trainee assistant director
Olga Sánchez
assistant director
Emily Renner Wallace
third assistant director: Canada

Art Department

Malgosia Abramowska
art department coordinator
Anas Balawi
assistant property master
Bilun Bilman
graphic designer
Daphne Brunet
set decoration coordinator
Lino Chetcuti
scenic painter
Zuzana Cizmarova
set designer
Robert Dabrowski
art director on set
Natasha Dahdaleh
scenic painter
Ibrahim Daoud
set dresser
Sasha Doghjouqa
set dresser. props maker.
Ian Duncan
painter
Michael Düwel
managing director: art department studio babelsberg
Amna Al Hawaj
production coordinator
Ibraheemkhorma
scenic artist
Rick Janzen
paint coordinator
Abed Jarekji
painter
Tom Johnson
scenic artist
Samy Keilani
construction manager
Marek Kukawski
set designer
Tamo Kunz
property master: indoor
Udo Lang
carpenter
Anuchai Wolfgang Dodo Lilienthal
set dresser: Hamburg and NRW
Yousef Mahasneh
plaster assistant
Godja Momsen
painter
Rand Abdel Nour
painter
Caroline Ohmert
greens person: Berlin
Matthew Pace
lead propman
Christian Petersen
prop builder
Irene Piel
art director: Germany
Jan Ptassek
sculptor
Silke Putz
painter
Samer Raie
assistant construction manager
Melanie Reichert
construction buyer
Jan Rott
property master: outdoor
Farah Salah
construction coordinator
Lorenzo Sartor
carpenter
Uwe Schaer
construction manager
Pit Schnell
painter: Jordan
Marion Seul
key sculptor: Cologne
Wolfgang Sommer
carpenter
Sybille Spindler
set decoration buyer: Germany
Leszek Szurkowski
graphic designer
Eva Weymann
patina painter: Jordan
Marlis Wilson
assistant set decorator: Canada
Samir Zaidan
set builder

Sound Department

Jonathan Acbard
boom operator
Malte Bieler
sound designer
Richard Borowski
re-recording mixer
Aidin Davoudi
Dubbing Engineer for Armenian Version / sound
Peter Gleaves
adr mixer
Andreas Hildebrandt
dialogue editor
Steve Little
crowd editor
Guillaume Moutardier
sound mix technician
Jean-Paul Mugel
sound
Carsten Richter
foley artist
Matthias Schmidt
assistant mixer
Lucas Seeberger
sound editor
Anja Seidel
adr boom operator
Fadi Shehadeh
sound assistant
Kai Storck
sound designer / supervising sound editor
Marcus Sujata
add foley mixer
Karen Tsaturyan
sound
Kaspar Vogler
sound assistant
Hanse Warns
foley mixer

Visual Effects by

Ronney Afortu
colorist
Denis Behnke
visual effects supervisor / visual effects supervisor: lead
Benedikt Bischler
3d intern: Mackevision
Rene Borst
senior matte painting artist: Mackevision
Linus Burghardt
senior compositing artist: Mackevision
Heiko Burkardsmaier
visual effects executive producer: Mackevision
Gabriel Dedic
color scientist: ScanlineVFX
Thomas Diesselhorst
titles / visual effects
Rouven Dombrowski
senior 3d artist: Mackevision
Simone Fischer
vfx producer: Mackevision
Dirk Frischmuth
digital compositor
Christoph Gaudl
matchmove artist: Mackevision
Jörn Großhans
associate visual effects supervisor: Mackevision
Ebru Gönül
compositing artist: Mackevision
Markus Hagemeier
vfx editor: ScanlineVFX
Frank Hellmann
digital intermediate supervisor
Julian Hermannsen
visual effects artist
Benjamin Hoellrigl
matte painting trainee: Mackevision
Sabine Janetzka
digital compositor: Scanline VFX
Katharina Keßler
vfx producer: Mackevision
Matthias Klein
senior compositing artist: Mackevision
Jonas Kluger
visual effects editor: Mackevision
Andrea Krupp
compositing supervisor: ScanlineVFX
Julian Körrenz
vfx intern: Mackevision (as Julian Koerrenz)
Sebastian Küchmeister
fx supervisor: ScanlineVFX
Johannes Kümmel
3d animator: Mackevision
Roland Langschwert
visual effects supervisor: ScanlineVFX
Julian Lojek
lead compositing artist: Mackevision (as Julian Schädler)
Jona Maluck
digital compositor: ScanlineVFX
Dirk Matzkuhn
digital compositor: ScanlineVFX
Michel Mielke
executive vfx producer: ScanlineVFX
Dieter Morgenroth
visual effects artist: Mackevision
Thomas Penner
visual effects coordinator: Mackevision
Roland Petrizza
compositing artist: Mackevision
Nina Pries
compositing artist: Mackevision
Benjamin Ross
matte painting artist: ScanlineVFX
Tony Rudolph
matte painting artist: ScanlineVFX
Sinem Sakaoglu
matte painter
Sven Sauer
senior matte painting artist: Mackevision
Benjamin Scabell
compositing artist: Mackevision
Franz Schiller
digital compositor: ScanlineVFX
Markus 'Maggi' Selchow
visual effects artist / visual effects coordinator
Juri Stanossek
visual effects supervisor: Mackevision
Nadine Thomas
matte painting artist: ScanlineVFX
Tim Tretter
digital compositor (as Tim Klink)
Eve Ventrue
matte painting trainee: Mackevision
Gunnar von Voss
vfx editor: ScanlineVFX
Caroline Weidenhiller
digital compositor: ScanlineVFX
Jonathan Well
i/o support: ScanlineVFX
Adam Wesierski
matte painting artist: Mackevision
Marco Wilz
matte painting artist: Mackevision
Matthias Winter
visual effects producer: ScanlineVFX
Bjoern Wortmann
digital compositor: ScanlineVFX
Christian Zilliken
senior 3d artist: Mackevision

Stunts

Ferenc Berecz
stunt player
James Bomalick
stunt player
Jan Böhme
stunt player
Elaine Ford
stunt coordinator
Christian Fraser
stunt player: Canada
Kristoffer Fuss
stunt player
Christian Gneissl
stunt player
Thomas Hacikoglu
stunt double: Nazaret
Brendan Hunter
stunt player: Canada
René Lay
stunt player
Mike Luft
stunt player
Lori MacKay
stunt player: Canada (as Lori Shilo MacKay)
Benjamin Nippe
stunt player
Jason Oettle
stunt player
Ronnie Paul
stunt coordinator
Felix Quinton
stunt player
Yunior Rojas
stunt player
Ron Webber
stunt coordinator: Canada
Adrian Young
stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department

Florian Birch
best boy: Hamburg
Matthias Bode
grip
Daniel Braun
best boy electric: Canada
Jens Brendel
assistant dolly grip: Berlin
Dennis Bünsow
additional electrician
Hannes Casper
best boy: Jordan
Dietmar Haupt
rigging gaffer
Yves Hoffman
dolly grip
Christina Ienna
camera trainee
Igor Pintado Jaime
grip
Julian Kazmierczak
video operator: Germany
Gunter Leber
electrician: Berlin
Torsten Lemke
gaffer
Tanya Marar
clapper loader
Astrid Miegel
first assistant camera
Gordon Muehle
still photographer
Said Najmi
additional camera operator / camera operator
Jacob Pertz
lighting assistant: NRW
Carsten Scharrmann
key grip
Donat Schilling
camera operator
Gordon Schmidt
gaffer: Canada
Markus Wichmann
best boy: NRW
Roger Zammit
gaffer-malta unit
Uwe Zegnotat
second assistant camera

Casting Department

Adel Akkad
casting coordinator
Çigdem Aksüt
casting
Vanessa Baker
adr voice casting
Brenda Camilleri
extras casting assistant
Pinar Celik
additional casting
Nicole Cuschieri
extras casting
Maria Dost
extras casting/on-set wrangler: Berlin
Odalys Garcia
casting coordinator
Alaadin Khasawneh
casting associate
Mohammad Kloob
extras casting
Wiebke Müller
extras casting
Daniel Pace Bonello
key crowd marshal
Johanna Ragwitz
extras casting: Berlin
Patrick Winkler
extras casting assistant
Zewdenesch Zewdie
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Elena Braun
additional costumer
Phaedra Dahdaleh
assistant costume supervisor
Nicole Ebben
costumer
Tanja Jesek
additional costumer
Yvonne Lehmann
additional costumer
Chandra Liebetanz
additional costumer: Hamburg
Paulina Polom
costumer
Cäcilia Radig
costume patination
Abdo Rayyan
set costumer
Michaela Rinker
second assistant costume designer
Meike Schlegel
costume supervisor
Barbara Schramm
costumer: daily
Zeina Soufan
crowd costumer
Lisa Spengler
costume patination: Berlin
Juliana Stenzel
key costumer
Anette Tirler
assistant costume designer
Tara Charran
set costumer: canada (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Julia Drache
first assistant editor
Valérie Farthouat
dailies manager
Audrey Kleinclaus
lab post-production coordinator
Jeremie Oukrat
dailies manager

Location Management

Jamal Al Adwan
assistant location manager
Jaouad El Kacimi
locations
Ludger Gorschlüter
location manager: Hamburg
Robert Hilton
location manager: Canada
Shana Neumann
assistant location manager: Hamburg
Omar Nusairat
location assistant
Saeb Abul Ragheb
location manager
Tobias von Schönermark
location manager: Hamburg
Randall Whiteside
assistant location manager: Canada

Music Department

Marwane Chafik
percussion
Danielle de Picciotto
violin
Michael Evans
percussion
Alexander Hacke
electric guitar, electric bass, electronics
Jan Hengmit
upright bass
Pia Hoffmann
music supervisor
Corinna Ludzuweit
performer
Arevik Martirosyan
performer
Vincent Signorelli
drums
Lynn Wright
electric guitar
Hindi Zahra
vocals

Script and Continuity Department

Nancy Rivas
script supervisor: 1st Unit

Transportation Department

Lutz Algermissel
picture car coordinator: Germany
Yousef Badran
driver
Claudia Dreissigacker
vehicle coordinator: Hamburg
Lawrence Gooch
production driver: Canada
Peter Henk
set decoration driver: Germany
Axel Hübner
personal driver: Mr. Starski
Cody Klepper
transportation captain: Canada
Danny C. Klepper
transportation coordinator: Canada
Tom Lloyd
driver: Canada
Bruce Mctavish
driver: cast: Canada
Angel Pinar
production driver: Germany
René Saldjughian
production driver: Germany
Philipp von Bremen
production driver: germany
Eric von Mutius
cast & crew driver
Peter Williams
transportation coordinator: Jordan
Michael Ziegler
personal driver: Mr. Akin

Additional Crew

Julie Adams
dialect coach
Diala Al Raie
production coordinator
Nada Atieh
production secretary
Shereen Baddour
assistant production coordinator
Bob Bedard
head chef / head chef: location
Anne Berjon
production assistant / production assistant: France
Philip Borbély
studio facilities
Luisa Bäde
production secretary: NRW
Graziella de Cesare
line producer malta
Dennis Eichhof
extras coordinator: Cologne
Iris El Guenaien
post-production accountant
Malcolm Ellul
production assistant
Manuel Faber
set manager: Babelsberg
Khaled Farrah
production assistant
Valérie Farthouat
production accountant
Susanne Fischer
production coordinator
Annett Franz
extras coordinator
Sam Gainer
assistant production coordinator: Canada
Michelle Gougeon
production coordinator: Canada
Bastie Griese
studio facilities (as Bastian Griese)
Dennis Grobecker
first assistant accountant (as Dennis Rabenstein)
Majd Hanna
assistant production accountant
Lukas Helming
assistant set manager: Germany
Steffi Hiller
production controller
Sophie Jenik
extras coordinator: Hamburg
Philippe Leconte
miscellaneous crew: Legal Supervisor - France
Joachim Lincke
ceo
Richard Lormand
publicity: International
Matthew Maggi
crowd marshall
Anca Mehlins
shipping coordinator
Wiebke Müller
extras coordinator
Emmelia Ohlhauser
production assistant
Armin Pohl
ceo
Kathrin Pollow
researcher
Brenda Rampp
assistant accountant: Canada
Karen Rudolph
publicist: Germany
Nancy Ruschin
production accountant: Canada
Stefan Rüll
legal counsel: France
Tim Schneider
set production assistant: Nordrhein Westfalen
Kai Siggelkow
set manager: Germany
Michael Stricker
insurance consultant
Karin Suttheimer
ceo
Paul Uhlig
additional extras coordinator: Hamburg
Tilmann Vierzig
assistant accountant
Harro von Have
legal counsel: producer
Patrick Winkler
extras coordinator
Sylvain Yonnet Liberty
trainee production assistant

Thanks

Karl Baumgartner
in loving memory (as Karl 'Baumi' Baumgartner)
Martin Scorsese
special thanks
Fabienne Vonier
in loving memory
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