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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Waris Dirie
- novel
- Sherry Hormann
- written by
- Cathleen Miller
- novel
- Wüstenblume
- dubbing dialogue
Cast
- Soraya Omar-Scego
- Young Waris
- Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh
- Old Man
- Awa Saïd Darar
- Amina
- Roun Daher Aïnan
- Waris' Mother
- Osman Aden Dalieg
- Waris' Father
- Liya Kebede
- Waris Dirie
- Sally Hawkins
- Marilyn
- Meera Syal
- Pushpa Patel
- Anna Hilgedieck
- Girl in Shower
- Lucrezia Phantazia
- Girl in Boardinghouse
- Craig Parkinson
- Neil
- Matthew Alexander Kaufman
- Fastfood Manager
- Timothy Spall
- Terry Donaldson
- Prashant Prabhakar
- Kami
- Anthony Mackie
- Harold Jackson
- Tim Seyfi
- Simon
- Teresa Churcher
- Nurse Anne
- William de Coverly
- Doctor
- Daher Obsieh Aouled
- Mister Galool
- Mohamed Abdi Dahler
- Truck Driver
- Mardilla Saíd Djama
- Waris' Grandmother
- Fardouza Moussa Egueh
- Aunt Aisha
- Eckart Friz
- Spike
- Michele Thevenet
- Make Up Artist
- Juliet Stevenson
- Lucinda
- Matthias Ransberger
- Casting Assistant
- Eric Carter
- Photographer
- Yassine El Bouzidi
- Aunt Marium
- Addo Sabrie
- Ambassador
- Emma Kay
- Immigration Officer
- Nigel Betts
- Home Office Detective
- Melanie Roberson
- Room Mate
- Anastasia Hille
- Journalist
- Safa Idriss Nour
- Little Waris
- Dahabo Ali Kidar
- Midgaan
- Robert Robalino
- Cafe Owner
- Nick Raio
- Truck Driver New York
- James Allan
- Model Agent's Assistant
- Gavin Blackburn
- Photographer's Assistant
- Ross Donnelly
- Immigration Officer
- Elli
- European Man
- Robert Hammond
- Man outside Embassy
- Howard Pearse
- Pedestrian
- Chris Wilson
- Embassy Official
- Andrew Yiallouros
- Supporting Artist
Produced By
- Martin Bruce-Clayton
- co-producer
- Waris Dirie
- co-producer
- Manfred Fritsch
- line producer: Dor Film
- Gerhard Hegele
- co-producer / line producer
- Peter Heilrath
- associate producer
- Benjamin Herrmann
- co-producer
- Peter Herrmann
- producer
- Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan
- co-producer
- David P. Kelly
- co-producer
- Danny Krausz
- co-producer
- Ulrike Ladenbauer
- in-house producer: Dor Film
- Roch Lener
- co-producer
- Sigrid Narjes
- associate producer
- Bruno Pardigon
- service producer: Djibouti
- Bettina Reitz
- co-producer
- Sabine Schenk
- line producer: New York
- Til Schweiger
- co-producer
- Barbara Seiller
- co-producer
- Hubert von Spreti
- co-producer
- Susann Willmore
- producer: BSI International Invest
Music
Cinematography
- Ken Kelsch
- director of photography
Sound
- Stephan Colli
- adr supervisor / sound supervisor
- Heinz Ebner
- sound mixer: Djibouti
- Marjus Emonds
- technician
- Walter Fiklocki
- sound mixer
- Roland Freinschlag
- boom operator: Djibouti
- Peter Gleaves
- adr mixer
- Rick Gould
- adr recordist
- Dan Guachione
- boom operator: New York
- Alexander Hammacher
- additional boom operator
- Frank Hasselmann
- boom operator
- Dana Hopfe
- adr production manager
- Nick Kray
- adr mixer
- Fridolin Menzel
- dialogue editor
- Falk Möller
- re-recording mixer
- Bettina Nesselrath
- project coordinator
- Hilde Nonnenmacher
- project coordinator
- Susanne Olsson
- project coordinator
- Gary Parker
- boom operator: New York
- Ingo Pusswald
- dialogue editor
- Mirko Reinhard
- dialogue editor / foley editor / sound designer
- Robert A. Sacchetti
- sound mixer: New York
- Wilmont Schulze
- foley artist
- Josef Steinbüchel
- sound designer
- Sebastian Stroux
- foley mixer
- Dale Whitman
- sound mixer: New York
- Markus Wimmer
- adr editor
- Roland Winke
- sound mixer: Djibouti
- David Arnold
- adr recordist
- Micki Joanni
- synchron editor
- Pierre Peters-Arnolds
- dubbing director
- Sebastian Pohle
- adr recordist
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Art Direction
- Matthias Klemme
- supervising art director
- Anu Schwartz
- art director: New York
Set Design
Costumes
Makeup
- Peggy Kurka
- additional makeup artist: London
- Romy Meier
- additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
- Clariss Morgan
- hair stylist: New York
- Sonja Nabjinski
- makeup artist: fashion unit
- Markus Pavitschitz
- makeup artist: fashion unit
- Dunja Pflugfelder
- additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
- Jenny Retzlaff
- hair stylist / makeup artist
- Tatjana Richartz
- additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
- Veronika Schiessel
- makeup artist: fashion unit
- Michele Thevenet
- makeup artist
- Maria Torfeld
- makeup artist: New York
- Stefanie Birrenbach
- makeup artist
Special Effects
- Stuart Brisdon
- special effects wet down: London
- Eckart Friz
- special effects
Visual Effects
- Denis Behnke
- visual effects supervisor
- Michaela Braun
- team assistant: Scanline
- Christian Burggraf
- system administration: Scanline
- Andrea Huber
- visual effects producer: Scanline
- Claudia Lechen
- compositing artist: Scanline
- Dirk Matzkuhn
- compositing artist: Scanline
- Christian Pokorny
- cg supervisor: Scanline
- Thorsten Rolle
- mattepainting: Scanline
- Michael Scheffler
- system administration: Scanline
- Nadine Thomas
- compositing artist: Scanline
- Mortimer Warlimont
- compositing lead: Scanline
- Bjoern Wortmann
- project coordination: Scanline
Assistant Director
- Jan Bernotat
- additional first assistant director
- Fardouza Moussa Egueh
- second assistant director: Djibouti
- Jochen Gosch
- first assistant director
- Urs Hirschbiegel
- first assistant director: New York
- Corinne Le Hong
- second assistant director
- Sam Le Page
- second assistant director: London
- Andrew Potter
- third assistant director: London
- Justin Ritson
- second assistant director: New York
- Madita Selas
- third assistant director
- Greg Staley
- second second assistant director: New York
Production Management
- James Alexander
- production manager: London
- Alexander Cartier
- assistant production manager: Djibouti
- Heike Kresse
- post-production supervisor
- Aaron Levine
- production manager: New York
- Beth Sanders
- production manager: London
- Jannis Stahnsdorf
- unit manager
- Klaus Sungen
- production manager
- Dietrich Voigtlaender
- production manager: Djibouti
- Christoph Wallmeier
- unit manager
- Erica Bensly
- production manager
Art Department
- Michael Baum
- carpenter
- Christoph Baumstieger
- stand-by carpenter
- Volker Behnke
- carpenter
- Holger Birkelbach
- painter
- Dirk Burrekoven
- dressing props
- Chris Clarke
- stand-by art director: London
- Doug Coleman
- on-set dresser: New York
- Vera De Bye
- junior draftsman
- Vera DeBye
- art department assistant
- Lars Dicht
- dressing props
- Susanne Dietze
- painter
- Eric Dixon
- props: New York
- Martin Dostal
- head painter
- Bill Earwaker
- carpenter
- Judith Fischer
- store manager: Cologne
- Angelo Friedel
- swing gang: fashion unit
- Eckart Friz
- stand-by props
- Annie Gilhooly
- props buyer: London
- Barbara Hartwich
- set decorator assistant
- Awaleh Djibril Hassan
- art department assistant: Djibouti
- Amara Heim
- store manager: Berlin
- Mike Hermann
- carpenter
- Petra Klimek
- art director: Djiboutii
- Johann C. Korff
- carpenter
- Chris Lunney
- graphic designer: London
- Mathias Lücking
- construction manager
- Bijou Martin
- assistant prop buyer
- Peter Meuthin
- carpenter
- Ulrich Mieves
- carpenter
- Tom Mirus
- stand-by carpenter: fashion unit
- Mounir Ismaék Mohamed
- stand-by carpenter: Djibouti
- Samatar Onar Mohamoud
- stand-by carpenter: Djibouti
- Frank Moldenhauer
- sign and graphic artist
- Konstanze Müller
- graphic artist
- Matt Noack
- art department production assistant: New York
- Hassan Saïd Olhayeh
- stand-by carpenter: Djibouti
- Morgan Parker
- dressing props: London
- Steve Parnell
- property master: London
- Daniel Poschen
- carpenter
- Matthias Prange
- dressing props
- Bob Provenzano
- leadman: New York
- Jeff Prudhomme
- construction manager: Djibouti
- Svem Radtke
- dressing props
- Dave Reardon
- props assistant: New York
- Jan Oliver Seibel
- painter
- Markus Seyer
- painter
- Hans Streifer
- swing gang: fashion unit
- Alexandra Walker
- art director: London
- Dagmar Wiggenhauser
- prop buyer
- Petra Maria Wirth
- art director: Cologne
- Doreen Watkinson
- prop maker
- Ulrich Zeidler
- storyboard artist
Editorial
- Sandra Aichinger
- colorist lab
- Lee Bennett
- colorist: dailies
- Ann-Carolin Biesenbach
- editing assistant
- Willy Delgado
- film recordist: Arrilaser
- Markus Erl
- digital intermediate editor
- Michael Hackl
- projevt coordinator hd mastering
- Erich Harant
- high definition q/c
- Arne Hastedt
- lustre assistant
- Christian Herrmann
- digital intermediate producer
- Ulrich Hochleitner
- high definition transfer
- Angelika Hoppe
- high definiyion q/c
- Boris Link
- high definition colorist
- Christian Littmann
- digital intermediate line producer
- Markus Mastaller
- film scanner: Arriscan
- Traudl Nicholson
- digital colorist
- Bianca Pieroth
- colorist assist
- Angie Reichenberger
- project coordinator: lab
- Hari Schernthaner
- head of digital intermediate
- Daniel Schwerdtfeger
- project coordinator: dalies
- Martin Schwertführer
- head of analogue post-production
- Anja Senckpiehl
- high definition transfer
- Sascha Stiller
- film recordist: Arrilaser
- Steven Stuert
- film scanner: Arriscan
- Andreas Thomas
- project coordinator: dailies
Other
- Darek Baluka
- facilities captain
- Trevor Bulak
- driver: facilities, London
- Markus Eberhardt
- production driver
- Moel El Bali
- production driver
- Terry Fitz
- driver: minibus, London
- George Grenier
- driver: New York
- Constanze Guttmann
- driver: fashion unit
- Murat Gökcen
- production driver: preparation
- Jerry Hamshar
- driver: minibus, London
- Chris Harvey
- transportation captain: London
- Terry Jones
- unit driver: London
- Mike S. Krigel
- production driver
- Matthias Lau
- production driver
- Glen Milton
- unit driver: London
- Ian Randall
- swing driver: London, Eurodrive Worldwide
- Peter Reith
- driver: New York
- John Ruffy
- driver: minibus, London
- Carl Russell
- driver: New York
- Frank Schlösser
- transportation: art department, Talat Transporte
- Steve Smith
- driver: minibus, London
- Simon Storey
- driver: facilities, London
- Mark Theewen
- driver: props
- Jörg Ulbrich
- production driver
- Kerrie Wilkinson
- driver: minibus, London
- Terry Z.
- driver: minibus, London
- Svet Hrouchoff
- transport manager
- Philipp Reuter
- production driver
Music Department
- Joris Bartsch Buhle
- conductor
- Tobias Lehmann
- sound engineer
- Rene Moeller
- sound engineer
- Maurus Ronner
- orchestrator
- Tom Russbueldt
- pro-tools engineer
- Martin Todsharow
- music arranger / music producer / music supervisor / orchestrator
Casting Department
- Mahamed Abdi
- casting: Somali, UK
- Amir Nasser Ayaeh
- extras casting: Djibouti
- Simona Conring
- extras casting: fashion unit, Real Life Casting
- Donna DeSeta
- additional casting: New York
- Brendan Donnison
- adr voice casting
- Lesley Gogarty
- extras casting: UK
- Ruth Hanahoe
- casting assistant
- Corinne Le Hong
- additional casting: Germany
- Meredith Jacobson Marciano
- casting: small parts, New York, Amerifilm Casting
- Sylvia Montalti
- additional casting: Djibouti
- Iris Müller
- extras casting: Germany
- Gary O'Sullivan
- casting assistant
- Tanja Schwichtenberg
- extras casting: Germany
- Harriet Sloggett
- casting assistant
- Mathias Venardi
- additional casting assistant: Djibouti
- Adam Vincentz
- location extras casting assistant
Costume Department
- Senay Ay
- assistant costume designer
- Julia Hillerich
- additional wardrobe
- Marita Hoffjann
- costume trainee
- Deka Youssouf Houssein
- wardrobe assistant: Djibouti
- Katja Kirn
- additional wardrobe
- Dorothy Masters
- wardrobe supervisor: New York
- Frankie Mathieson
- costume intern: London
- Maggie Miles
- assistant costume designer: New York
- Kerstina Schemmel
- additional wardrobe
- Natascha Seidel
- wardrobe
- Shanti Spohn
- wardrobe: fashion unit
- Sam Weeden
- additional costume runner: London
- Alice Wolfbauer
- wardrobe supervisor: London
- Heike Ziegler
- wardrobe
Camera Department
- Michael Becker
- gaffer
- John Billeci
- generator operator: New York
- Neil Bleifeld
- video assistant: New York
- Willem Bramsche
- grip assistant: Djibouti
- Kevin L. Bright
- company grip: New York
- Deborah M. Chamoni
- director of photography: fashion unit
- John Clifford
- still photographer: New York
- Wolfgang Dell
- gaffer: fashion unit
- Joe Doughan
- key grip: New York
- Steven Edick
- electrician: New York
- Miriam Fassbender
- clapper loader: Djibouti
- Raphael Fink
- electrician: fashion unit
- Sven Fink
- focus puller
- Andrew Fishman
- company grip: New York
- Woldgang Gruber
- video operator: fashion unit, Videolink
- Sascha Görlich
- additional electrician
- Ralf Hauschild
- electrician: fashion unit
- Sandy Hays
- camera operator: New York
- William S. Hays
- steadicam operator: New York
- Felix Hermann
- video operator
- Mouktar Mohamed Hersi
- camera trainee: Djibouti
- Peter Hodgson
- video operator: London
- Jamie Hunt
- electrician: Lomdon
- Emil Jevtic
- additional electrician
- Ken Kelsch
- camera operator
- Diane Koronkiewicz
- second assistant camera: New York
- Theo Krönke
- electrician assistant
- Kurt Lennig
- electrician: New York
- Anne Lisken
- grip assistant
- Clay Liversidge
- best boy electric: New York
- Nathan Gabriel Lopez
- loader: New York
- William Louthe
- electrician: New York
- Iain MacKay
- clapper loader: London
- Bernd Mayer
- key grip
- Nicu Mihailescu
- electrician: fashion unit
- Christopher Raymond
- first assistant camera: New York
- Volker Reichenberger
- grip assistant: fashion unit
- Kurt Rimmel
- third grip: New York
- Rolf Rosendahl
- focus puller: Djibouti
- Martin Rudolph
- clapper loader
- Philipp Rössle
- electrician assistant
- Roland Scheidt
- best boy electric
- Christian Scheppe
- electrician
- Florian Schlegel
- electrician assistant
- Ingolf Schmidt
- electrician: fashion unit
- Verena Schulte
- additional electrician
- Tim Sedgwick
- clapper loader: fashion unit
- Frank Sheeky
- practical electrician: London
- Damian Smyth
- lighting technician
- Damian Smythe
- electrician: London
- Phil Testa
- gaffer: New York
- Markus Thanner
- key grip: fashion unit
- Roland Tomalla
- electrician
- Oliver Täubrich
- electrician assistant
- Dan Vranesich
- best boy grip: New York
- Martin Walocha
- electrician assistant
- Walter Wehner
- camera: making of / still photographer
- Marko Wehnert
- electrician assistant
- Charley van den Steenhoven
- video assist operator
Location Management
- Tobi Kukla
- location manager
- Helene Lenszner
- location manager: London
- Frank Wayne Leßmöllmann
- location manager
- Amy McCombe
- assistant location manager: Lonson
- Frank Meter
- location scout
- Sylvia Montalti
- location manager: Djibouti
- Thomas Taube
- location: fashion unit
- Friederike von Rauch
- location scout
- Christopher Williams
- assistant location manager: New York
- Hughroy Williams
- location manager: New York
- Emma Woodcock
- location manager: UK
Script Department
- Smita Bhide
- script revisions
- Heike Manzke
- continuity
- Roland Zag
- script consultant
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