Cast & Crew

Directed by

Philipp Stölzl

Writing Credits

Noah Gordon
(based on the novel by)
Jan Berger
(screenplay by)
Philipp Stölzl
(co-written by) &
Simon Block
(co-written by) &
Christoph Müller
(co-written by)

Cast

Tom Payne
Rob Cole
Stellan Skarsgård
Barber
Olivier Martinez
Shah Ala ad Daula
Emma Rigby
Rebecca
Elyas M'Barek
Karim
Fahri Yardim
Davout Hossein
Makram Khoury
Imam
Michael Marcus
Mirdin
Ben Kingsley
Ibn Sina
Stanley Townsend
Bar Kappara
Emil Marwa
Tuveh Ben Meir
Martin Hancock
Merlin
Adam Thomas Wright
Rob Cole (10 Years)
Jodie McNee
Agnes Cole
Dominique Moore
Despina
Aidan Kelly
Priest
Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni
Mirdin's Father
Fatima Herandi Raouya
Mirdin's Mother
Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui
Jew in Caravan
Peter Bankolé
Mano Dayak
Renu Setna
Quasim
Franz Dinda
Merlin's Apprentice
Lais Benjamin Campos
Anne Cole (4 years)
Aaron Kissiov
Samuel Cole (6 years)
Louis Fahrenholz
Benjamin (10 years)
Percy Hutchison
Jesse (7 years)
Ramin Yazdani
Rabbi
Sahin Eryilmaz
Fat Hakim
Hamid Najah
Elder 1
Mahmoudi M'Barek
Elder 2
Benissa El Jirari
Gate Guard
Barbara Philipp
Wrench
Vincent Ebrahim
Tughrul
Mansour Badri
City Guard
Abdelhak Belamjahd
Bar Kappara Servant
Irshad Panjatan
Pharmacist
Gerti Drassl
Trembling Woman
Said Darif
Rabbi 2
Abdellatif Chaouqi
Shah's Messenger #1
Mourad Zaoui
Shah's Messenger #2
Yassine Afroukh
Shah's Messenger #3
Isaiah Michalski
Young Boy
Ian Dickinson
Young Boy's Father
Mohamed Nouaimane
Masked Man
Michael Jibson
Stratford Monk
Aykut Kayacik
Shah Official
Hicham Ichaab
Shah's General
Fatym Layachi
Concubine
Manuela Biedermann
Older Whore
Kim Nina Lechler
Younger Whore
Wilfried Hochholdinger
Tavern Guest
Michael Lott
Neighbour
Sybille J. Schedwill
Neighbour Woman
Mohammad-Ali Behboudi
Orderly
Robert A. Foster
Street Urchin
Richard Ridings
Tough Guy
Claudia Fritzsche
Young Maiden
Hatim Abdelghafour
Messenger with head
Ercan Durmaz
Patient Abolquasem
Çetin Ipekkaya
Librarian
Juli Staap
Little Girl
James Allan
Shah's Bodyguard
Michael Bornhütter
Farmer
Hossein Andalibi
Persian Student #3
Salvatore Cancemi
Persian Student
Erhan Erdogan
Royal Persian Guard / Footman of the Shah of Persia (uncredited)
Can Macit Ertugrul
Persian Student #2
Moritz Michel
Patient
Lani Nguyen
Shah Servant
Kai Post
Persischer Patient im Krankenhaus (11. Jahrhundert)
Sima Seyed
Leper
Richard von Groeling
Dayak's Assistant
Natalia Witmer
Mirdin's Sister

Produced by

Wolf Bauer
producer
Nico Hofmann
producer
Jan Mojto
co-producer
Christoph Müller
associate producer
Dirk Schuerhoff
co-producer
Ulrich Schwarz
creative producer
Sascha Schwill
line producer
Christine Strobl
co-producer
Tobias Timme
production supervisor
Sebastian Werninger
executive producer

Music by

Ingo Frenzel
(as Ingo Ludwig Frenzel)

Cinematography by

Hagen Bogdanski

Editing by

Sven Budelmann

Casting By

Leo Davis
Emrah Ertem
Nina Haun
Lissy Holm

Production Design by

Udo Kramer

Art Direction by

Stefan Hauck
Samuel Jaeger
Anja Müller
Aziz Rafiq
Stefan Speth

Set Decoration by

Idriss El Gholb
Rakaa Mohamed
(set decorations)
Mohamed Rakaa
(set decorations)
Mark Rosinski
Heike Wolf-Aury
(as Heike Wolf)

Costume Design by

Thomas Oláh

Makeup Department

Tamar Aviv
prosthetic supplier
Salima Oulad Dahhou
makeup artist
Aline Hafezi
special makeup effects artist
Fay Hatzius
special makeup effects artist
Konni Kahl
additional makeup artist
Jan Kempkens-Odemski
makeup artist
Doreen Kindler
additional make up artist
Georg Korpas
prosthetic makeup supplier
Julia Lechner
wig maker
Franziska Maaß
additional sfx makeup artist
Heike Merker
key hair designer / key makeup designer
Maren Meyer
wig maker
Marcus Michael
additional makeup artist
Peter Muehlenkamp
special makeup effects artist
Dorle Neft
additional makeup artist
Lisa Pfau
trainee makeup artist
Margarita Rasbasch
assistant makeup artist
Marie Reyter
additional makeup artist
Melanie Schneider
additional makeup artist
Floris Schuller
prosthetic sculptor
Katja Schulze
wig maker
Jörn Seifert
prosthetic supplier
Daniela Skala
makeup & hair artist
Anna von Gwinner
special makeup effects artist
Anett Weber
additional makeup artist

Production Management

Jimmy Abounouom
line producer: Morocco (as Ahmed Abounouom)
Moritz Deiseroth
assistant unit manager
Susanne Hahn
post-production supervisor
Helena Hofmann
assistant unit manager
Janina Junk
unit manager
Henry Rehorek
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tarik Ait Ben Ali
first assistant director
Hamid Ait Timaghrit
second second assistant director: morocco
Yasmine Asha
trainee assistant director
Dennis Eichhof
second assistant director
Mehdi El Idrissi
trainee assistant director
Andi Lang
first assistant director
Azzedine Riyad
third assistant director
Raimond Schultheis
first assistant director: second unit
Kajja Taoufik
third assistant director (credit only)
Richard von Groeling
second second assistant director
Maximilian von Mayenburg
trainee assistant director

Art Department

Tarik Amchemar
set dec buyer
Jörg Baier
set dresser
Badr Balafrej
construction coordinator
Boris Bartholomäus
construction stand-by
Ricci Becker
props
Youness Benbakrim
props
Hans-Jörg Bergen
chief constructor
Klaus Bienen
set dresser
Christoph Blum
prop driver
Hubert Bock
set dresser
Yves Boczek
props store manager
Raymond Boy
storyboard artist
Josef Brandl
draftsman
Stefan Burischek
chief set dresser
Nane Cornelius
set decoration buyer
Karim Elamri
art department
Akram Elkouzouz
armoury assistant / props
Simon Empt
propmaker
Lucas Fabbri
art department crew
Leon Fechner
art department assistant
Nabil Ghaouat
propmaker: art department (as Nabil Ghouat)
Mustapha Haouas
set dresser
Björn Holzhausen
assistant property master: Morocco
Stefan Isfort
property master: outdoor
Nele Jordan
assistant set decorator
Arne Jysch
storyboard artist
Andrea Kessler
property master: indoor
Andreas J. Klein
carpenter
Roxy Konrad
art department co-ordinator
Ines Kramer
draftsman/modelmaker
Heike Küpper
set dresser
Ghizlane Maatof
store woman
Claudio Magrini
construction manager: Morocco
Max Julian Otto
storyboard artist
Soufiane Ousaadi
stand-by props: Morocco
Jan Pareike
sculpturer
Louise Pokutta
props trainee
Matthias Prange
carpenter
Nele-Tabea Reineke
graphic artist
Thomas Schlegel
prop driver
Axel Scholz
propmaker
Tabea Schweiger
assistant prop buyer
Franzo Soli
second assistant property master
Ina Timmerberg
assistant set decorator
Mena Vennen
assistant property master: indoor
Nancy Vogel
set decoration buyer
Christian Weber
set dresser
Simon Weisse
lead propmaker
Wolfgang Wrede
hod painter
Tim Zerneke
prop driver

Sound Department

Brahim Ait Belkas
sound assistant
Günter Friedhoff
adr recordist (as Günther Friedhoff)
Harvey Friedman
dubbing director
Manni Gläser
sound post production manager
Thomas Peter Hopf
adr recordist
Daniel Iribarren
adr group supervisor
Max-Thomas Meindl
sound
Sebastian Morsch
sound effects editor
Wolfi Müller
sound stage assistant
Matthias Neumann
adr recordist / dubbing recordist
Jörg Pakusch
boom operator
Hubertus Rath
re-recording mixer
Sebastian Richau
foley editor
Carsten Richter
foley artist
Benjamin A. Rosenkind
re-recording mixer
Jascha Schulze
boom operator / sound: second unit
Oliver Strotzki
boom operator
Marcus Sujata
foley mixer
Thomas Supke
adr editor
Alexander Vitt
dialogue editor
Elisabeth von Molo
dubbing director
Max Walter
sound editor
Guido Zettier
sound designer / supervising sound editor
Alan Zilli
sound re-recording mixer: latin america version
Nourdine Zaoui
second unit recording (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Mohamed Ali Aqermim
special effects technician (as Mohamed Ali Aguermin)
Lahcen Chamane
special effects technician (as lahcen chamane)
Uwe Lehmann
special effects
Solon Luigi
fabricator
Thomas Thiele
floor supervisor
Mario Uy
special effects technician
Juliane Walker
special effects office coordinator (as Juliane Heicken)

Visual Effects by

Jan Adamczyk
compositing supervisor: compositor
Matthias Albrecht
assistant colorist / digital film editor
Oliver Arnold
division vfx producer: Pixomondo
Omid Arzhang
3d lead: Pixomondo
Florian Ast
digital compositor: CinePostproduction
Denis Behnke
visual effects supervisor: lead
Falk Boje
matte painter: Pixomondo
Markus Bäuerle
post production manager
Francesco Cadoni
compositor: Pixomondo
Irfan Celik
shading/lighting technical director: Pixomondo
Sabrina Christoforidis
vfx producer: Pixomondo (as Sabrina Gerhardt)
Nadja Ding
matchmove artist: Pixomondo (as Nadja van Stiphout)
Sarina Ehmann
human resources: Pixomondo
Thilo Ewers
division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Adam Figielski
division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Thomas Galad
matte painter: Pixomondo
Sarah Gatefield
matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Claudia Gittel
digital colorist
Nina Göldner
division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Ebru Gönül
compositor: Pixomondo
Hien Hung Ha
systems administrator: Pixomondo
Timo Hanczuk
compositing intern: Pixomondo
Steven Hansen
division matchmove supervisor: Pixomondo
Heike Harvey
business administration: Pixomondo
Gunnar Heiss
compositor: Pixomondo
Benny Herudek
lead lighting artist: Pixomondo
Michael Honisch
compositor: Pixomondo
Tabea Hraoui
vfx coordinator: Pixomondo
Gregor Höss
compositor: Pixomondo
Florian Jackl
systems administrator: Pixomondo
Marc Joos
3d artist: Pixomondo
Martin Jurado
matchmove supervisor: Pixomondo
Eric Kasanowski
division lead compositor: Pixomondo
Eva Kniel
matte painter and compositor: Pixomondo
Christopher Kollar
digital compositor
Sebastian Kral
pipeline td: Pixomondo
Hannes Krieger
fx artist: Pixomondo
Marcin Kummer
compositor: CinePostproduction
Thilo Kuther
visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Thomas Kutschera
fx artist: Pixomondo
Sebastian Laas
compositor: Pixomondo
Sebastian Lauer
shading/lighting technical director: Pixomondo
Sebastian Leutner
vfx executive producer: Pixomondo
Thilko Limbeck
division visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Christoph Malessa
division visual effects executive producer: Pixomondo
Julia Marquordt
human resources: Pixomondo
Sven Martin
visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Gus Martinez
compositor: Pixomondo
Sven Mecklenbroich
compositor: Pixomondo
Sebastian Meszmann
division visual effects associate producer: Pixomondo
Christophe Metz
compositor: Pixomondo
Steffen Metzner
compositor: Pixomondo
Kristin Nietzig
business administration: Pixomondo
Ian Northrop
matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Benjamin Nowak
matte painter: Pixomondo
Borja A. Ortiz
3d artist: Pixomondo
Tobias Pfeiffer
division visual effects editorial - i/o: Pixomondo
Alfredo Picardi
titlesequence art director: Pixomondo
Johannes Pink
pipeline td: Pixomondo
Daniel Profus
visual effects editorial assistant: Pixomondo
Christian Pundschus
division lead compositor: Pixomondo
Franzisca Puppe
division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Thomas Ramin
supervisor: onset digital lab
Ralf Rendelmann
shading/lighting technical director: Pixomondo
Max Riess
lead compositor: Pixomondo
Hans Ritter
cg supervisor: Pixomondo
Philipp Röger
3d artist: Pixomondo
Marlies Schacherl
division visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Katja Schmidt
business administration: Pixomondo
Erik Schneider
compositor: Pixomondo
James Sellers
matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Mark Spindler
compositor: Pixomondo
Sabrina Steinert
3d artist: Pixomondo
Emerick Tackett
matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Michael Thalmann
head of it: Pixomondo
Jonas Thorbrügge
compositor: Pixomondo
Marion Uhl
human resources: Pixomondo
Victor van Wetten
division visual effects editorial trainee: Pixomondo
Jan Volckmann
compositor: Pixomondo
Niklaas Warda
title design
Johannes Weiss
matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Martin Wellstein
division lead cg artist: Pixomondo
Mariusz Wesierski
3d artist: Pixomondo
Marco Wilz
environment artist: Pixomondo
Sascha Wolf
visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Michael Wortmann
division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Matthias Wäsch
digital compositor: CinePostproduction
Tolga Yalkir
system administrator: Pixomondo
Siyun Yi
division visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Fikret Yildirim
Shading/Lighting technical director: Pixomondo
Seda Yilmaz
visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Christian Vogt
vfx executive producer: Pixomondo (uncredited)

Stunts

Marco Albrecht
stunt performer
Bogdan Balcerecyk
horse wrangler / stunt double: cart Barber
Sandra Barger
assistant stunt coordinator
Michael Bornhütter
fight choreographer: Morocco / stunt coordinator: Germany / stunt performer
Volkhart Buff
horse master: Germay / stunt supervisor
Jörg Ellmer
stunt double: Ibn Sina / stunt performer
Sascha Girndt
stunt performer
Evangelos Grecos
stunt performer
Wanja Götz
fight choreographer: Germany / stunt double / stunt performer
Thomas Hacikoglu
stunt double: Rob Cole / stunt performer
Fred Hady
stunt performer
Stefan Langel
stunt performer
Gérard Lesage
stunt coordinator: Morocco (as Gérard Le Sage)
Bruno Montani
stunt performer
Abdellah Ouksih
assistant stunt coordinator: Morocco (as Abdellah Oukseh)
Piet Paes
stunt coordinator: North-Rhine Westphalia
Christian Petersson
stunt coordinator: Morocco / stunt performer
Kristin Schade
horse wrangler
Bernhard Schirmer
stunt double: cart Rob Cole
Asuka Tovazzi
stunt performer
Peter Wothke
horse wrangler
Helga Wretman
stunt double: Rob Cole 10 Years
Christiane Zander
stunt office: Germany
Rachid Abbad
stunt performer (uncredited)
Younes Afroukh
stunt performer (uncredited)
Abdelaaziz Attougui
stunt performer (uncredited)
Mohamed Attougui
stunt performer (uncredited)
Benamara Azeddine
stunt performer (uncredited)
Hami Belal
stunt double: Olivier Martinez (uncredited)
Brahim Boukhizzou
stunts (uncredited)
Benoît Fabre
stunt performer (uncredited)
Stéphanie Guerin
stunt performer (uncredited)
Noureddine Hajoujou
stunts (uncredited)
Othman Ilyassa
stunts (uncredited)
Youssef Marchouki
stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Yassine Abounouom
electrician
Mohamed Ahbib
electrician
Youssef Ahbid
grip
Lyamani Bouhmdi
electrician
Roman Breitwieser
electrician
Matthias Bäumer
additional electrician (as Matthias Baeumer)
Celio Castro
electrician
Mohamed El Maslouhi
electrician
Jost Engelmayer
additional electrician
Daniel Erb
first assistant camera (re-shoots)
Johnny Feurer
first assistant camera a-camera
Stefan Grabner
lighting desk operator
Markus Große
additional electrician
Stephan Große
lighting assistant
Oliver Haas
best boy lighting
Carla Heinemann
first assistant camera: "b" camera
Zouggar Abdel Jalil
electrician
Daniel Jopp
electrician
Amine Kasmi
trainee assistant camera
Lyanboui Khaoula
video assisstanat operator
Clemens Kindermann
technical supervisor onset lab
Michael Koch
electrician
Sebastian Kockelke
lighting assistant
Andreas Landgraf
rigging gaffer
Aziz Lechgar
second assistant camera
Rab Letham
still photographer
Driss Marzak
gaffer
Cevat Maskar
on-set colorist
Bernd Mayer
key grip
Mohamed Ait Mhand
Chief Lighting Tech./Gaffer
Falk Oettel
additional electrician
Robert Patzelt
steadicam operator
Jacob Pertz
lighting assistant
Stephan Rabold
still photographer
Aimad Rafiq
grip
Robin Ritter
grip / key grip trainee
Benedikt Rüchel
second assistant camera: "b" camera
Axel Scholz
additional electrician
Jaroslav Spana
grip
Kaja Styczynska
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kamaleddine Talmi
grip
Kemal Talmi
grip
Arian Uting
additional electrician
Grube Venn
rigging gaffer
Clemens von Tubeuf
lighting assistant: test shooting
Janosch Voss
gaffer
Alex Zeihn
additional electrician
Abdel jalil Zouggar
electrician (as Abdeljalil Zougar)

Casting Department

Yasmine Asha
casting assistant (as Yasmine Ghassemi) / extras casting
Mourad Barouche
casting assistant
Dennis Becker
extras casting: Germany: for Filmgesichter
Salah Benchegra
casting: Morocco
Stefan Hoppe
extras casting
Johanna Ragwitz
extras casting director
Jacqueline Rietz
casting: children
Annika Sell
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Lahcen Abbana
costume assistant
Najat Ait Badi
costume assistant
Othmane Ajana
set costumer
Amine Benkhayi
set costumer
Susan Bollig
wardrobe
Nicole Ebben
costumer
Daniele Gossens-Dommel
costume supervisor
Youssef Ait Hamd
costume assistant: key costumer
Hassan Iken
costumer
Tanja Jesek
costume coordinator / costumer co-ordinator
Olesja Kisselmann
additional wardrobe
Katrin Kobold
tailor
Gina Krauss
assistant costume designer
Ursula Kudma
assistant costume designer
Ulrike Kuhnhardt
costume patination
Capucine Landreau
wardrobe
Jean-Ding Lee
additional wardrobe
Romy Pittelkau
additional wardrobe
Abdelfattah Qzaibar
costume coordinator: Morocco
Sarah Raible
assistant costume designer
Meiken Reissig
wardrobe
Sonia Inés Rocha
costume colorist
Sylka Schaedlich
additional wardrobe
Beate Scheel
costume supervisor
Annie Schilling
costume coordinator (as Annie Mosebach)
Constanze Schuster
costume patination
Heike Stephan
additional wardrobe
Hassan Taghriti
wardrobe supervisor
Diana Wangler
wardrobe
Mira Wiese
additional wardrobe
Heike Ziegler
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Matthias Albrecht
on-line editor
Arne Herrmann
editor: making of/epk
Silke Zirnité
assistant editor

Location Management

Yann Mari Faget
location manager: Morocco
Stefan Hübert
location manager
Jens Noack
location manager
Sören von der Heyde
location scout

Music Department

Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
musician
Consortium Vocale Berlin
musician
Consortium Vocale Berlin
musician
Stefan Broedner
music performance: consultant / music supervisor
Andreas Dopp
guitars: ethno percussion
Falko Duczmal
score and choir recording engineer
Jonathan Feurich
assistant engineer / pro tools operator
Ingo Frenzel
composer: theme music
Simon Frenzel
additional violin samples
Sandro Friedrich
musician: ethnic wind instruments
Tilo M. Heinrich
orchestrator
Eric Horstmann
score mixer
Martin Jelev
oboe soloist
Weber Klemm
oboe soloist
Andreas Lange
head orchestrator (as Andreas T. Lange) / score reader
Nikolas Mühe
music editor
Schirin Partowi
vocals
Bert Pfefferkorn
additional score researcher
Torsten Scholz
concert master
Thomas Stoewer
orchestrator (as Tom Stöwer)
Matthias Stoffels
conductor
Philipp Stölzl
creative music collaborator
Bernd Wefelmeyer
orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department

Collin McMahon
script translator
Ariane Stalfort
continuity

Transportation Department

Marcel Ahrens
transportation captain
Jochen Behle
production driver
Ricardo Briz
production driver
Marc Böttcher
production driver
Piotr Chrzanowski
facilities maintenance
Simon Essery
facilities manager
Rachid Hajam
driver
Uwe Heinel
production driver
Silvio Heß
production driver (as Silvio Hess)
Bernd Koeppe
production driver
Danny Mitchell
swing co-ordinator
El Mahjoub Najma
transportation captain
Steffen Sahr
production driver
Peter Schinlauer
production driver
Rolf Schmidt
production driver
Thomas Suess
transport facilities manager: Germany

Additional Crew

Yasmine Asha
assistant: Richard von Groeling (as Yasmine Ghassemi)
Mohamed Atbir
assistant production coordinator
Elhoussaine Baouzine
production accountant
Abdel Ben Tej
production accountant
Carles Berot
dubbing supervisor (uncredited) / trailer and versions producer: advertising and promotions
Jenny Bonnekamp
production assistant
Matthew Brown
caretaker: extras
Patricia Carr-Wright
chaperone
Simone Dietrich
dialect coach
Graeme Douglas
mountain safety: scotland
Bastie Griese
studio facilities (as Bastian Griese)
Anett Grobe
caretaker: children
Dennis Gutzeit
set runner
Hakima Hammoudi
nurse
Vivien Hartmann
set runner
Stephanie Hayward-Schneider
production coordinator (as Stephanie Schneider)
Houda Hechadi
production coordinator
Todd M. Hofacker
assistant: Ben Kingsley
Kai Hülsmann
set manager
Liam Irving
Mountain safety: Scotland
Jan Jouaux
set runner
Nazha Kajja
production coordinator
Elisa Kaldewei
set runner
Anna Klausing
production assistant
Roman Klink
commissioning editor ARD Degeto
Annika Langner
set runner
Anja Link
cashier
Antonio Lovrincevic
assistant set manager
Cédric Maury
stand-in
Anca Mehlins
production coordinator
Bea Neubert
production accountant
Stefan Neugebauer
assistant set manager
Francis Pfitzner
assistant to co-producer
Anja Schakowetz
production assistant
Ute Schneider
assistant production accountant
Annika Schröder
assistant set manager
Svenja Stirn
production trainee
Michael Vogt
chief production accountant / production controller
Maximilian von Mayenburg
assistant: Philipp Stölzl
Kirk Watson
mountain safety expert
Natalia Witmer
crowd marshal / crowd marshall
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