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Directed by
Ralf Schmerberg 
 
Writing credits
Antonia Keinz  poem "Alles!" and
Hermann Hesse  poem "Ich weiss von solchen..." and
Claire Goll  poem "Jedes Opfer tötet seinen Mörder" and
Ernst Jandl  poem "Glauben und Gestehen" and
Heiner Müller  poem "Ich kann Dir die Welt nicht zu Füssen legen..." and
Johann Wolfgang Goethe  poem "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern" (as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) and
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger  poem "Der Sturm" and
Mascha Kaleko  poem "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt" and
Ingeborg Bachmann  poem "Nach grauen Tagen" and
Kurt Tucholsky  poem "Aus!" and
Erich Kästner  poem "Kleines Solo" and
Hans Arp  poem "Sophie" and
Else Lasker-Schüler  poem "An den Ritter aus Gold" (as Else Lasker Schüler) and
Georg Trakl  poem "Das Morgenlied" and
Heinrich Heine  poem "Der Schiffbrüchige" and
Paul Celan  poem "Tenebrae" and
Rainer Maria Rilke  poem "Siehe ich wusste es sind..." and
Isabel Tuengerthal  poem "Der Falter" and
Friedrich Schiller  segment "Ode an die Freude"

Antonia Keinz (idea) &
Ralf Schmerberg (idea)

Hilde Domin (title sequence)

Cast (in credits order)
Carmen Simone Birk
Lars Rudolph ... (segment "Ich weiss von solchen...") (voice)
Isabel Tuengerthal ... (segment "Mörder") (voice)
Herbert Fritsch ... (segment "glauben und gestehen") (voice)
Richy Müller ... (segment "Ich kann Dir die Welt nicht zu Füssen legen...") (voice)

Luise Rainer ... Herself
Charlotte Müller ... The Singing Blade of Grass
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Meret Becker
Jorinde Beckmann ... (voice)
David Bennent
Anna Böttcher

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Hannelore Elsner ... (voice)
John Gassmann
Larry Gassmann
Marcia Haydée
Jean Denis Römer ... Wolke
Smudo
Birgit Stein
Herman van Veen
Jürgen Vogel
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Produced by
Ray Cooper .... producer
Stefan Jonas .... executive producer
Jon Kamen .... executive producer
Eva Meier-Schönung .... producer (as Eva Maier-Schönung)
Frank Scherma .... executive producer
Ralf Schmerberg .... producer
 
Original Music by
Meret Becker (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt") (as Meret)
 
Cinematography by
Ali Asad (director of photography)
Neelesha BaVora (segment "Glauben und Gestehen") (as Neelesha Barthel)
Ana Dávila (segment "Der Sturm")
Daniel Gottschalk (segment "Ode an die Freude")
Ali Gözkaja (segments "Das Morgenlied" and "Der Falter")
Tom Henze (segment "Glauben und Gestehen")
Darius Khondji (segment "Ich kann dir die Welt nicht zu Füssen legen...")
Franz Lustig (segments "Mörder", "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt" and "Sophie")
Jo Molitoris (segment "Tenebrae")
Robby Müller (segments "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", "Nach grauen Tagen" and "Der Schiffüchige")
Nicola Pecorini (segment "Ode an die Freude")
Ralf Schmerberg (segments "Alles!", "Ich weiss von solchen...", "Glauben und Gestehen", "Der Sturm", "Tenebrae" and "Ode an die Freude")
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein (segments "Aus!", "Kleines Solo", "An den Ritter aus Gold", "Siehe ich wusste es sind..." and "Ode an die Freude")
 
Film Editing by
Rick Waller 
 
Casting by
Ana Dávila 
 
Production Design by
Peter Weber 
 
Art Direction by
Isabel Ott 
 
Set Decoration by
Sabine Enste 
Natascha Tagwerk 
 
Costume Design by
Susanne Haas 
 
Makeup Department
Fado Benarous .... makeup artist
Arabel Decker .... makeup artist
Amélie Gebhard .... makeup artist (as Amé Gunilla Gebhard)
Iris Jäger .... makeup artist
Jazz Mang .... makeup artist
Mily Serebrenik .... makeup artist (as Milly Serebrenik)
Martin Turansky .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Uta Abt .... unit manager
Wolf Bosse .... post-production manager: Berlin
Andi Mall .... post-production manager: Munchen
Alex Gabriel Rodrigo .... production manager: Brazil
Annette Schreiner .... post-production manager: Berlin (as Anne Schreiner)
Einar Sveinn Thordarsson .... production manager: Iceland
Nguyen Van Nhiem .... production manager: Vietnam
Stephan Vens .... production manager
Elke Waller .... post-production manager: Munchen
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Henze .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Tim Bertz .... construction crew
Karin Betzler .... set design assistant
Bernd Böhlendorf .... construction crew
Boris Deux .... construction crew
Sara Düesberg .... painter
Christian Ehlert .... construction crew (as Krischan Ehlert)
Annette Geelen .... painter
Thomas Göldner .... construction crew
Silke Gottschalk .... construction crew
Stefan Hauck .... set design assistant
Gesche Hein .... art department
Holger Isenberg .... construction manager
Desirée Klein .... art department
Ute Mayer .... painter
Ingo Mewes .... art department
Carola Michael .... construction crew
Christine Rebet .... set design assistant
Britta Schippel .... art department
Florian Speidel .... construction crew
Markus Welhrauch .... construction crew
Karsten Wetzel .... art department
Dennis Zinntz .... construction crew (as Dennis Zintz)
 
Sound Department
Hans-Jörg Bramm .... sound assistant
Steffen Graubaum .... original sound (segment "Siehe ich wusste es sind...")
Steffen Graubaum .... sound
Dirk Jacob .... sound designer
Christian Meyer .... sound
Rudi Moser .... sound (as Rudolf Moser)
Martin Steyer .... sound re-recording mixer
Steve Stoyke .... sound assistant
Patrick Veigel .... sound (as Patrick Veigl)
Lasse Viehöfer .... sound assistant
 
Special Effects by
Hannes Jung .... pyrotechnics
Hannes Jung .... special effects (segment "Ich kann Dir die Welt nicht zu Füssen legen...")
Roland Tropp .... pyrotechnics
 
Visual Effects by
Nastuh Abootalebi .... Fire/Inferno artist
George Maihöfer .... Fire/Inferno artist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Karl Bongartz .... still photographer
Marcela Boursear .... assistant camera
Marcela Bourseau .... assistant camera
Claudia Casagrande .... still photographer
Christian Diaz .... second assistant camera
Christian Dlusztus .... assistant camera
Johnny Feurer .... assistant camera
Tom Gork .... gaffer
Andi Greiner .... gaffer
Goði Már Guðbjörnsson .... second assistant camera
Jan Hartmann .... assistant camera
Ute Haupt .... second assistant camera
Leela Heitzer .... gaffer
Oliver Hesse .... electrician
Nina Johannsen .... second assistant camera (as Nina Jöhanson)
Daniel Josefsohn .... still photographer
Kalle Klein .... assistant camera
Christoph Klenzendorf .... still photographer
Max Klever .... second assistant camera
Michael Krautter .... assistant camera (as Michael Krauter)
Adrian Künzer .... assistant camera
Isabelle Küster .... assistant camera (as Isabell Küster)
Ralf Leistl .... second camera operator (segments "Aus!" and "Siehe ich wusste es sind...")
Kristian Leschner .... assistant camera
Bert Löwenherz .... still photographer
Christoph Nickel .... gaffer
Katja Ostzegl .... second assistant camera
Mathiax Pappenmuler .... assistant camera
Florian Renz .... electrician
Olaf Richter .... electrician
Donat Schilling .... Steadicam operator
Ralf Schlotter .... electrician
Gottfried Schmelzer .... assistant camera
Thorsten Schwytay .... assistant camera
Bjoern Susen .... gaffer (as Björn-Yves Susen)
Pim Tjujerman .... assistant camera (as Pim Tyvyermann)
Andreas Trautwein .... key grip
Volker Vahl .... electrician
Claire van der Lelle .... second assistant camera
Thomas von Klier .... gaffer
Klaus Witt .... key grip
Tom Witt .... key grip
Alexander Zielke .... key grip (as Alex Zielke)
 
Casting Department
Jenny Cobeci .... casting assistant
Julia Dierks .... casting assistant
Kerstin Gemes .... casting assistant
André Gückler .... casting assistant
Michael Imberg .... casting assistant
Mali Lazell .... casting assistant
Anika Poltok .... casting assistant
Martin Sautter .... casting assistant
Christopher Schuster .... casting assistant
Anne Seidel .... casting assistant
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John de Maya .... costume assistant
Jan Dieckmann .... wardrobe mistress
Lin Lin May .... costume assistant
Silvia Naefe .... costume assistant
Hugo Schneider .... costume assistant
 
Editorial Department
Elena Bromund .... guest editor
Hank Corwin .... guest editor
Peter Delnas .... colorist
Viet Geister .... guest editor
Verena Herzog .... assistant editor
Alexander Kutka .... assistant editor
Jürgen Peters .... assistant editor
Ilka Risse .... guest editor
Bianca Rudolph .... telecine operator
Matze Scharlenberg .... film processing
Gerhard Spring .... film processing
Bianca Stumpf .... colorist
Julia Wiedwald .... guest editor
Gregor Wille .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Valentin Albersmann .... runner
Felix Bredereke .... courier: Pirat
Griet Corrieri .... assistant to director
Dorit Eller .... assistant to director
Hans Embert .... travel agent
Tristan Ganne .... project manager
Alexander Göhring .... runner
Mandy Heindke .... runner
Julia Kainz .... publicist: ZOOM Medienfabrik
Sanu Kancha .... guide: Nepal
Kain Karawahn .... creator: Feuer Dramaturgie
Anja Käumle .... publicist: ZOOM Medienfabrik
Henning Kessler .... location manager
Katharina Klün .... production assistant
Viviane Kriebisch .... project manager
Adrian Künsel .... runner (as Adrian Künzel)
Dawa Lama .... guide: Nepal
Janden Dorje Lama .... guide: Nepal
Saila Lama .... guide: Nepal
Wangel Lama .... guide: Nepal
Steffen Leiser .... location manager
Fabian Liebchen .... runner
Hampton Long .... runner
Wilko Müller .... runner
Claudia Perera .... project manager
Marle Pohl .... project manager
Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel .... liaison officer
Kalyan Ral .... travel assistant
Frederico Reis .... location manager
Bernd Rückett .... titles
Purna Sachep .... administration assistant
Kathrin Sandmann .... publicity: Trigger Happy Productions
Torsten Schiebold .... technical supervisor
Johannes Schmidt .... runner
Anna Schuchardt .... location manager
Bernd Schulze .... fire artist
Katharina Setzer .... production assistant
Sherkl Sherpa .... guide: Nepal
Tenzi Sherpa .... guide: Nepal
Gabi Simon .... project manager
Sebastian Stoffelt .... runner
Bir Bahaur Tamang .... guide: Nepal
Koncha Tamang .... guide: Nepal
Sita Maya Tamang .... guide: Nepal
Phan Tuan .... liaison officer
Stefan Vollmert .... location manager
Georg von dem Bussche .... project manager
Dirk Wagner .... runner
Sherap G. Wangdi .... production services: Nepal
Kurt Weidemann .... titles
Nguyen Yen .... guide: Gassman twins
 
Thanks
Christoph Abele .... thanks
Dave Arterberry .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt) (as David Arterberry)
Karl Baumgartner .... thanks
Oliver Bischoff .... thanks
Reinhard Böse .... thanks
Silke Botsch .... thanks
Till Brandenburg .... thanks
Meike Brosse .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Micha Bruhns .... thanks
Nils Brunkhorst .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt) (as Nils Brunckhorst)
Holger Budig .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Manfred Büttner .... thanks
Alessandro Calabrese .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt) (as Alessandro Calabres)
Kangye Cholin .... special thanks
Jimby Cichy .... thanks
Ralf Daubner .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Tom de Toys .... thanks
Dharhom .... special thanks
Benno Diedert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Gisela Diedert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Hartmut Dielas .... thanks
Kim Dietzsch .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Duong Thi Dung .... thanks
Duong Thi Duyen .... thanks
Tom Echardt .... thanks
Tommi Eckart .... thanks (as Tomy Eckart)
Michael Elbert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Rosmarie Elbert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Zadora Enste .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Ursula Erdmann .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Wilhelm Erdmann .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Christiane Ertel .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Günter Ertel .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Walburga Ertel .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Werner Ertel .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Dieter Fischer .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Heldrum Fischer .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Verena Fleißner .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
David Fruzler .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Ana Garcia .... thanks
Georg Georgi .... thanks
Maren Gingeleit .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Herr Gunkel .... thanks
Dietmar Güntsche .... thanks
Michael Harzinski .... thanks
Dirk Hermann .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Duong Thin Hien .... thanks
Gisela Hilbert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Klaus Hilbert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Bernhardt Hoestermann .... thanks
Ronald Holstamm .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Sybille Holstamm .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Dirk Huefnagels .... thanks
Nguyen Thi Hue .... thanks
Inga Humpe .... thanks
Tanja Hunger .... thanks
Antje Jandris .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Johannes Jeep .... thanks
Lama Kalmsang .... thanks
Kathanga .... thanks
Chris Kim .... thanks (as Chris Heejun Kim)
Irene Kugelmann .... thanks
Klaus Kühn .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Monika Kühn .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Herr Künßberg .... thanks
Doma Lama .... special thanks
Jigme Lama .... special thanks
Kenpo Khedup Lama .... special thanks
Zamba Lama .... special thanks
Keshan Laminachhane .... special thanks
Thomas Lindner .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Christiane Lochte .... thanks
Kinponche Löpon .... special thanks
Constanza Macras .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Professor Märkle .... thanks
Henrick Mätze .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Ringo Menzel .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Friedrich Müller .... thanks
Soma Nagyal .... special thanks
Raoul Newes .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Anton Niedermeier .... thanks
Lama Ole Nydahl .... thanks (as Ole Nydahl)
Orgyen .... special thanks
Paul Ott .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Palden .... special thanks
Elisabeth Pechard .... thanks
Guy Pechard .... thanks
Irmgard Radunski .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Walter Radunski .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Flaut Michael Rauch .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Kathryn Rave .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Mario Reetz .... thanks
Jacqueline Rietz .... thanks (as Jaqueline Rietz)
Jean Denis Römer .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Jolanda Roth .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Chris Rouchard .... thanks
Anthony Rue .... thanks
Laxmi Sachep .... special thanks
Hans-Harro Sandmann .... thanks
Christian Schiller .... thanks
Rezzo Schlauch .... thanks
Elena Schmerberg-Dávila .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Meinhard Schmerberg .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Ursula Schmerberg .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Nicola Schmid .... thanks
Ben Schneider .... thanks
Günther Schober .... thanks
Lothar Schönung .... thanks
Maria Schuster .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Nils Schwemer .... thanks
Andrej Scloblowski .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Duong Va Sen .... thanks
Steffen T. Sengebusch .... thanks
Shanu .... special thanks
Tsewang Sherap .... special thanks
Claas H. Soehring .... thanks
Ina Sprinckstub .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Andro Steinborn .... thanks
Raffael Stolle .... thanks
Imira-Monique Strüpfler .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Marvin Tagwork .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Gisela Teichert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Günther Teichert .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Lopsen Tenpa .... special thanks
Nguyen Thi Dung .... thanks
Adrian Topol .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Tsechu .... special thanks
Tseden .... special thanks
Pemba Tshering .... special thanks (as Pema Tsering)
Tashi Tshering .... special thanks (as Tashi Tsering)
Nguyen Van Tung .... thanks
Dennis L. Turner .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Melanie Vaget .... thanks
Nicola Van Gelder .... thanks
Siggi Vollmer .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Stefan von Moers .... thanks
Ella Von Schreitter .... thanks
Ketel Weber .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
Senta Weiß .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Siegfried Weiß .... thanks (segment "Kleines Solo")
Adolf Wojtinek .... thanks
Nana Yuriko .... thanks
Rose Bee Zone .... thanks (segment "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt)
 

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