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Manderlay ()


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A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

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Grace Margaret Mulligan
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Timothy
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Wilhelm
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Grace's Father
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Thomas
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Mam
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Mr. Robinsson
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Bertie
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Edward
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Bingo
Doña Croll ...
Venus (as Dona Croll)
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Niels
Llewella Gideon ...
Victoria
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Old Wilma
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Elisabeth
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Narrator (voice)
Emmanuel Idowu ...
Jim
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Dr. Hector
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Joseph
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Mr. Kirspe
Rik Launspach ...
Stanley Mays
Suzette Llewellyn ...
Flora
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Bruno
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Mark
Javone Prince ...
Jack
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Sammy
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Philomena
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Rose
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Claire
Seth Mpundu ...
Ed
Derrick Odhiambo-Widell ...
Willie
Alemayehu Wakjira ...
Milton
Fredric Gildea ...
Gangster (as Fredrik Gildea)
Andrew Hardiman ...
Truck Driver
Aki Hirvonen ...
Gangster
Mikael Johansson ...
Gangster
Hans Karlsson ...
Gangster
Ian Matthews ...
Mr. Miller
Maudo Sey ...
Burt
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Viggo
Ross Taylor ...
Gangster
Eric Voge ...
Gangster
Nick Wolf ...
Gangster

Directed by

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Lars von Trier

Written by

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Lars von Trier ... (written by)

Produced by

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Humbert Balsan ... co-producer
Gillian Berrie ... co-producer
Bettina Brokemper ... co-producer
Lene Børglum ... executive producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen ... executive producer
Signe Leick Jensen ... line producer (as Signe Jensen)
Lars Jönsson ... co-producer
Tine Grew Pfeiffer ... associate producer: development
Els Vandevorst ... co-producer
Louise Vesth ... line producer: development
Vibeke Windeløv ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Joachim Holbek

Cinematography by

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Anthony Dod Mantle

Editing by

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Molly Malene Stensgaard

Editorial Department

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Anne Katrine Andersen ... post-production coordinator
Gene Barbe ... film lab coordinator: LTC
Carsten Bramsen ... assistant editor
Thomas Caspersen ... digital preparation
Stefan Ciupek ... color grader
Lars Dela ... technical backup
Christian Dutac ... grader
Linse Jensen ... post-production booking coordinator
Jonas Kiselberg ... logger
Bodil Kjærhauge ... assistant editor
Thomas Krag ... editor: end credits
Emmanuelle Pencalet ... first assistant editor
Cecilie Rui ... post-production assistant
Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen ... editor trainee (as Rasmus Stensgaard)

Casting By

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Job Gosschalk
Nicolas Lublin
Saida van der Reijd

Art Direction by

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Peter Grant

Set Decoration by

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Simone Grau Roney ... (as Simone Grau)

Costume Design by

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Manon Rasmussen

Makeup Department

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Pascale Bouquière ... makeup artist (as Pascale Bouquiere)
Evelyne Byot ... key hair stylist / key makeup artist
Anja Dahl ... makeup consultant
Geoffroy Felley ... special makeup effects assistant (as Geoffroy Selley)
Morten Jacobsen ... special makeup effects: hanged man dummy
Alexis Kinebanyan ... special makeup effects assistant (as Alexis Kinebankan)
Dennis Knudsen ... makeup artist
Benoît Lestang ... special makeup effects artist
Sara Meerman ... makeup artist
Nora Nona ... makeup artist
Mari Vaalasranta ... makeup artist
Sue Wyburgh ... hair stylist / makeup artist

Production Management

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Daniel Gylling ... production manager: SE (as Daniel Ahlqvist)
Lene Nielsen ... production manager: DK
Pia Nielsen ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael Elliott ... first assistant director (as Mike Elliott)
Thomas Schindel ... third assistant director
Dariusz Steiness ... assistant director
Anthony Wilcox ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Charlotte Alfredson ... art department runner (as Charlotte Öberg)
Anders Folke Andersen ... carpenter
Mikael Back ... carpenter
Christine Bechameil ... painter
Jean Roch Bechameil ... plasterer
Katja Bjergby ... blacksmith assistant
Jehan De Breda ... plasterer
Francoise Delaire ... assistant art director
Martina Eriksdotter ... props assistant
Tony Grob ... historical design and research
Rickard Grönvall ... painter (as Rikard Grönvall)
Lars Hansen ... blacksmith
Yvan Hart ... plasterer
Søren Jochumsen ... construction coordinator
Palle Larsen ... construction coordinator
Jesper Lorents ... property master
Kaare Pihl ... floor: Pihl Coating A/S
Ursula Riismøller Nielsen ... painter
Torben Skalleræk ... carpenter (as Torben Skallebæk)
Per Uffelmann ... blacksmith
Peter Valming ... set carpenter (as Peter Vålming)
Frank Zandhoff ... carpenter

Sound Department

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Kristian Eidnes Andersen ... sound designer
James Bennett ... adr recordist
Pétur Einarsson ... foley editor
Anne Jensen ... dialogue editor
Per Dybdal Jensen ... sound assistant (as Per Dybdal)
Mark Kenna ... consultant: Dolby film sound
Julien Naudin ... foley artist
Marten Negenman ... sound designer
Jan Nieuwenhuijs ... sound assistant
Thomas Puget ... foley artist
Jamie Roden ... adr mixer
Ad Stoop ... sound recordist
Per Streit ... sound designer

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Henric Andersson ... visual effects: multicam technician
Ian Bach ... compositor
Søren Buus ... 3d artist
Niels Valentin Dal ... matte painter
Sune Elskær ... storyboard artist
Marie Gjessing ... assistant compositor
Ocki Hansson ... visual effects: techno crane
Peter Hartwig ... 3d artist
Peter Hjorth ... visual effects supervisor
Morten Mark Juel ... compositor (as Morten Juel)
Anders Jønsson ... modelbuilder
Rasmus Lange ... compositor
Oskar Larsson ... visual effects: multicam technician (as Oscar Larsson)
Hans-Peter Ludvigsen ... pyrotechnics (as Hans Peter Ludvigsen)
Allan O. Lückow ... motion control (as Allan O Lückow)
Karen Maarbjerg ... visual effects producer
Mark Moriarty ... visual effects: hothead operator
Peter Mygdal ... technical support (as Peter 'Myg' Mygdal)
Lars 'Lalo' Nielsen ... assistant compositor
Tine Nikali ... 3d artist
Mikkel Rønne ... compositor
Søren Tomas ... visual effects producer: pre-production

Stunts

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Clive Curtis ... stunt double: Isaach De Bankolé

Camera and Electrical Department

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Anette Arnholm ... coordinator: camera equipment (as Annette Arnholm)
Morten Vilfred Berg ... motion control
Christian Bonde ... lighting programmer
Jakob Bonfils ... technician: Easyrig modifier
Carsten Bramsen ... assistant: AV
Stefan Ciupek ... digital camera supervisor
Anthony Dod Mantle ... camera operator
Åsa Frankenberg ... lighting designer
Mohamed Khaznadji ... grip (as Khaznadji Colin)
Jens Lind ... gaffer / lighting department project manager
Thomas Neivelt ... gaffer
Erik Persson ... clapper loader
Ulrik Gad Poulsen ... assistant lighting designer (as Ulrik Gad)
Martin Svane ... electrician
Pim Tjujerman ... focus puller
Lars von Trier ... camera operator (as Lars Von Trier)
Astrid Wirth ... still photographer
Anton Öhrstrand ... lighting trainee (as Anton Finn Öhrstrand)

Casting Department

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Karolina Karlsson ... casting: stand-ins (as Lina Karlsson)
Avy Kaufman ... casting: USA
Joyce Nettles ... casting: UK
Kristoffer Nyholm ... casting advisor
Therese Rydnemalm ... casting assistant: children
Jette Termann ... casting: children
Maggie Widstrand ... casting: children
Joen Windahl ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Åsa Broms ... costume assistant
Bente Christensen ... seamstress
Grith Deleuran ... costumes
Marie Flyckt ... costume assistant
Malou Listoft ... seamstress
Magdalena Nilsson ... costume assistant
Sari Suominen ... first costume assistant

Music Department

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The English Concert ... performer: music score (as The English Concert Orchestra)
Joachim Holbek ... music arranger
Bo Holten ... music consultant: Baroque music
Mike Ross-Trevor ... music mix engineer / music recordist
Allan Wilson ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Linda Daae ... continuity
Charlotta Hansen ... continuity assistant
Magdalena Johansson ... assistant continuity

Transportation Department

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Irina Ahlstrand ... driver
Rashid Clytus ... driver
Louise Drake ... picture car coordinator
Sara Eriksson ... driver
Fredrik Fornänger ... driver
Björn Franzén ... driver (as Björn Franzen)
Carl Hallbladh ... driver (as Carl Hallblad)
Alexander Hylander ... driver
Anders Kjäll ... driver
Torbjörn Land ... driver
Mike Lundin ... driver
Gustav Mattsson ... driver
Sara Osbeck ... driver
Josefine Tengblad ... transportation coordinator
Markandrew Terry ... driver
Nomi Szpiro ... transportation assistant (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm ... cast and travel assistant (as Samanou Acheche)
Henrik Agermann ... banking (as Henrik Angermann)
Irina Ahlstrand ... runner
Henrik Køier Andersen ... animal caretaker
Kashka Banjoko ... personal assistant: Danny Glover
Anna Bergsten ... children caretaker
Chris Besseling ... uk marketing executive: metrodome
Peter Bianchi ... computer technician
Aliefka Bijlsma ... legal
Caroline Blanco ... assistant: Vibeke Windeløv
Susan H. Bodine ... production lawyer: Epstein, Levinsohn, et al (as Sue Bodine)
Annelie Byström ... production staff
Lene Børglum ... financing
Andrea F. Cannistraci ... production lawyer: Epstein, Levinsohn, et al
Stefan Ciupek ... chief technician
Anders Claesson ... production assistant
Rashid Clytus ... runner
Carrie Comerford ... production executive: UK
Maria Dahlin ... production accountant
Michele De Angelis ... finance and business affairs manager: development (as Michéle De Angelis)
Björn Dokken ... studio assistant
Anna Duffield ... assistant: Gillian Berrie
Michael Ehrenborg ... accountant: SE
Füsun Eriksen ... public relations: international
Sara Eriksson ... runner
Fredrik Fornänger ... runner
Björn Franzén ... runner (as Björn Franzen)
Peter Føhns ... computer technician
Esben Garn ... computer technician
Buller Glem ... chef: studio
Line Greisen ... public relations: Denmark
Daniel Gylling ... production coordinator (as Daniel Ahlqvist)
Carl Hallbladh ... runner (as Carl Hallblad)
Magnus Handberg ... catering assistant
Jeanett Hansen ... banking
Jens Georg Hansen ... insurance broker (as Jens-Georg Hansen)
Alexander Hylander ... runner
Anders Kildsgaard ... production lawyer: Bech-Bruun Dragsted
Anders Kjäll ... runner
Anders Kjærhauge ... production lawyer: Zentropa administration
Tony Krantz ... financing consultant
Matthias Krause ... assistant: Bettina Brokemper
Ann Køj ... accountant: DK
Torbjörn Land ... runner
Dany Lebigot ... assistant: Humbert Balsan
Anders Lexne ... weapons
Milo Lilja ... catering assistant
Mike Lundin ... runner
Hans Lönnerheden ... completion bond
Mikkel Maltha ... production lawyer: Zentropa administration
Lasse Martinussen ... logger (as Lasse Martinusen)
Gustav Mattsson ... runner
Per Neumann ... completion bond / production lawyer: Bech-Bruun Dragsted
Pia Severin Nielsen ... cast and travel coordinator
Magnus Olsson ... studio assistant
Sara Osbeck ... runner
Abigail Payne ... production lawyer: Harbottle & Lewis
Karen Rudolph ... publicist: Germany
Nadia Saddok ... assistant: Humbert Balsan
Katrine A. Sahlstrøm ... assistant to producer (as Katrine Sahlstrøm) / production secretary (as Katrine Sahlstrøm)
Howard Samuelsohn ... dialogue coach
Katrina Schelin ... public relations: Denmark
Janus Schumacher ... assistant: Vibeke Windeløv
Reinette van de Stadt ... production assistant (as Reinette Van De Stadt)
Dariusz Steiness ... background action
Lennart Svensson ... teacher
Nomi Szpiro ... production assistant (as Nomi Spiro)
Markandrew Terry ... runner
Isabel Tulloch ... accountant: UK
Ann Vognsen ... accountant: DK
Sarah Wells ... accountant: UK
Claudia Wolfs ... accountant: Germany (as Claudia Coreen Wolfs)
Anders Claesson ... assistant to production coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Humbert Balsan ... in memory of: 21.08.1954 - 10.02.2005
Karen Bentzon ... the production wishes to thank
Blair Brown ... the production wishes to thank
Davis Burch ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, Shooting Back (as David Burch)
Ian Burns ... the production wishes to thank
Anders Ericsson ... the production wishes to thank
Lana Garland ... the production wishes to thank
Fred Gildersleeve ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, NAACP (as Gildersleeve)
Daniel Hall ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, Shooting Back
Lena Hansson ... acknowledgment: supported by, Danish Film Institute (as Lena Hansson-Varhegyi)
Ellen Hillingsø ... the production wishes to thank
Jacob Holdt ... thanks: for help and inspiration
Katarina Krave ... the production wishes to thank
Per Nielsen ... acknowledgment: supported by, Swedish Film Institute
Lynn Nottage ... the production wishes to thank
Grey Rajaee ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, Shooting Back
Sam Robards ... the production wishes to thank
Petri Rossi ... acknowledgment: supported by, Finnish Film Foundation
Michael Schmid-Ospach ... acknowledgment: supported by, Filmstiftung NRW
Paul Schwartzman ... the production wishes to thank (as 'Consigliere' Paul Schwartzman)
Stellan Skarsgård ... the production wishes to thank
Ulrich Thomsen ... the production wishes to thank
Bente Trier ... the production wishes to thank
Marion S. Trikosko ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, NAACP
John Vachon ... acknowledgment: end credit photos photographed by, NAACP

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

After gangster Mulligan's (Willem Dafoe's) cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled, naive daughter Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) refuses to travel on after seeing the Manderlay cotton plantation being run under slavery rules, called Mam's (Lauren Bacall's) law, including flogging. She keeps half of dad's goons as guard to force the dying matriarch-owner's heirs, which she shamelessly dispossesses and reduces to "staff", to taste destitution under absurd, gun-imposed contracts. The "slaves" are made free partners, supposed to vote for progress after lessons from Grace. But almost all of her democracy-pupils prove to be fickle, dumb, and selfish, except old Wilhelm (Danny Glover). Her and their ignorance in Southern planting and crafty Dixie ways means more problems are created than solved. By the time dad returns to pick her up or abandon her for good, she's the one who has learned and changed the most. Written by KGF Vissers

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Also Known As
  • The Film 'Manderlay' as Told in Eight Straight Chapters (United States)
  • Мандерлеј (Serbia)
  • マンダレイ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Manderleja (Latvia)
  • 命運變奏曲 (Taiwan)
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Runtime
  • 139 min
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Box Office

Budget $14,200,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $547,479, 21 Apr 2006

Did You Know?

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Trivia When co-producer Vibeke Windeløv went to the U.S. for casting, she got a tip that Danny Glover might be interested. She immediately flew to a hotel in Salt Lake City to meet up with him. After a long talk about the project, Glover asked her for a copy of Dogville (2003). She gave him a portable DVD player with it, and left him for the night. At 6:00 a.m., Glover called her hotel room and said she had to come immediately because the DVD player's battery had run out twenty minutes before the end of the movie. She rushed to his room with a charger, and after he'd watch it through, he said yes on the spot. See more »
Goofs When Stanley Mays talks to the person loading the truck, that person takes off his hat and apologizes to him. In the close up, he has his hat back on. In the next shot it is in his hands again. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Road to Manderlay (2005). See more »
Soundtracks Young Americans See more »
Crazy Credits An official Danish, Swedish, French, British, German and Dutch co-production in accordance with the 1992 European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production. See more »
Quotes Grace Margaret Mulligan: There's nothing to be afraid of. We've taken all of the family's weapons.
Wilhelm: No. I'm afraid of what will happen now. I feel we ain't ready - for a completely new way of life. At Manderlay we slaves took supper at seven. When do people take supper when they're free? We don't know these things.
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