direction, casting & pre-production

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director: Alexander Kühn

2nd unit director battlefield: Eugen Merher

casting director ukrainian-speaking actors: Olga Lyubarova

casting director english-speaking actors: Karoline Matheis, Matheis Casting

casting support: Jana, Matheis Casting

casting featured extras soldiers: Kubi & Karo

main cast translator: Nadiia Yunatska

1st assistant director stuttgart: Vincent Dolinsek

1st assistant director bochum: Hendrik M. Holler, Martin Kulhawy

1st assistant bernau: Gregor Budde

1st assistant director berlin: Sabina Franke, Ina Sprinckstube

1st assistant director klandorf: David Houfek

1st assistant director prep bochum: Eckard von Busekist

2nd assistant director bochum: Sabine Voltmann, Luca Meyer

2nd assistant director bernau: Fritz v. d. Heydt

2nd assistant director studio: Sabrina Kollmann

crowd marshall bochum: Tommy Scheer

extras organization: Luisa Sophie Kauer

extras translator: Nataliya Ivanova, Viktoriya Moskovych, Wahid Albarzawi, Anton Avdieiev, Mariia Kravchenko, Olha Cherkaska

storyboard prep: Gwenola Heck

storyboard animatic: Benjamin Kniebe

pitch deck design: Malvine Stecher

 

production

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producer: Marco Henn

production coordinator stuttgart: Justin Roessler

production assistant: Luisa Kauer

set production assistant: Eva Obermüller

productions assistant berlin: Felicitas Stiel

local support berlin: Malte Bela von Saher

local support bochum: Justus Ullrich, Studio Ignatov GmbH

local support bochum / 2nd block: Alex Dernbach, Studio Ignatov GmbH, Jonas Ernst, Studio Ignatov GmbH

 

shoot stuttgart

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location manager (shoot stuttgart): Gabriel Becker, Julius Wieler, Sabrina Kollmann

set pa (shoot stuttgart): Fanny Matena, Frederike Lange, Elisa Nura, Linda Bockmeyer, Marie-Estelle Laudenbach, Yannic Kress, Georg Bensack, Lorenz Huml, Selma Siebel

set pa / driver (shoot stuttgart): Julian Fauth, Rebecca Stabel, Alicia Stabel, Jonathan Schneider, Michael Henn, Cerstin Henn

driver (shoot stuttgart): Franziska Herbemann

driver recce (shoot stuttgart): Tobi Kachel

shuttle driver (shoot stuttgart): Tobias Lischka

fire department besigheim: Christoph Benesch, Benjamin Hergesell, Gunnar Hülskemper

 

shoot berlin

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production manager (shoot berlin): Ferdinand Kubiak

location manager (shoot berlin): Cosmo Berger

set pa / driver (shoot berlin): Franziska Herbemann, Danos Kalb, Radek Dobry, Maik Faehnrich, Richard Putzka, Fabio Holub, Stefan Fröhlich

set pa (shoot berlin): Lola Siebert, Lara Jessen, Nathalie Lamb

extras coordinator (shoot berlin): Asel Suluu

base manager (shoot berlin): Martin Drywa

driver recce (shoot berlin): Charis Triebel

set medics (shoot berlin): Dennis Krüger, Marcel Goll

night security (shoot berlin): Dirk Zimmermann

 

additional photography london

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executive producer (additional photography london): Marco Henn

line producer (additional photography london): Voy Czarkowski

dop (additional photography london): Josua Stäbler

1.ac michael (additional photography london): Michael Mroczek

art director (additional photography london): Austeja Gokaite

sound recordist (additional photography london): Zak Allum

set pa / driver (additional photography london): Charlie Budden

 

shoot bochum

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production manager (shoot bochum): Ferdinand Kubiak

location manager (shoot bochum): Gabriel Becker

set pa / driver (shoot bochum): Linus Lämmerzahl, Julian Rondorf, Simon Eickelpasch, Jorid Disteldorf, Manuel Liebermann, Mara Wüst

driver recce (shoot bochum): Charis Triebel

set medic (shoot bochum): Fabian Bäcker

signs permits (shoot bochum): Thomas Andermann

 

camera & behind the scenes

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director of photography: Jan David Gunther

camera operator / b cam battlefield: Kyrill Ahlvers

steadicam operator: Felix Lang, Ian Siepmann

gimbal operator (stunt test): Sebastian Krückl-Sarrazin

drone coordinator: Cornelia Schendel, Skynamic, Gabriel Manz, Skynamic

drone operator: Ferdinand Wolf, Skynamic

drone assistant/operator: Julian Glöckner, Skynamic

drone pilot: Ken Janköster, Skynamic

1st camera assistant: Kevin Brari, Flu Popow, Peter Jäger, Adrian Huber, Lars Leier, Julian Hanschke, Tom Zylla (Prep Only)

2nd camera assistant: Marcel Oexle, Dennis Glomm, Valentin Kühn, Simon Wandelt, Peter Heinzmann, Max Siemund

dit: Pio Dienhart, Julia Hänel, Imanuel Thiele, Basti Faralisch, Max Pilling, Franky Hellwig, Jonas Brans, Mareike Hahnel

video operator: Thomas Nixon, Niklas Kiefer, Annika Scherer

making of: Moritz Bauer

making of videographer: Elena Jaber, Casey Lugada, Max Volz, Tilo Turian, Timon Haug, Lisa Urbany

stand & pr photographer: Leon Greiner, Tim Burkhard, Domenic Driessen, Hanno Dall, Robin Schmidt

flycam operator: Andreas Kielb

 

grip & lighting

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key grip: Jim Kerniak, Marlon Koppelkamm

grip: Vincent Eckert, Tim Grau, Marisa Gokenbach, Philipp Tsemperlis, Adrian Reinbeck

grip assistant / crane driver: Maik Faehnrich

crane driver bochum: Simon Eickelpasch

gaffer: Thorben Winkler

gaffer greenscreen studio: Sascha Muschke

best boy: Thomas Bünger, Frederik Jäger, Jan Buschmann

blackout operator: Jan Schmidt

lighting technician: Maximilian Cappler, Alex Doroshenko, Odysseus Sacirovic-Konstantinidis, David Kühn, Frieder Petroll, Milan Heinzmann, Simon Eickelpasch, Thilo Erward, Vincent Eckert, Hannah Schwarzl, Andrei Matalyha, Marcel Nicolaus, Adrian Reinbeck, Dennis Banemann, Casimir Giesler, Marvin Hillebrand, Christopher Jess, Robin Schwarz, Benjamin Weu, Valentin Kux, Max Volz, Yannick Kühn, Sven Stenmans

 

stunts, rigging & special effects

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stunt supervisor: Ralf Haeger, Leo Plank

stunt woman: Helga Wretman

head rigger: Uwe Arndt, Alexander Magerl

rigging: Armin Houben, Ronny Hornin, Konstantin Widjaja, Alexander Kusmak, Kim Ruhnau, Daniel Pudewill, Niklas Kinzel, Wolfgang Lindner, Marten Baum, Kristoffer Fuß

u-crane driver: Tobias Vorbrodt, Ronny Wechselberger

u-crane operator: Uwe Diedrich, Christian Bernutz

shotmaker crane operator: Kenneth Pearson, Jan Brun

sfx supervisor: Gerd Nefzer

sfx coordinator: Roman Remer

sfx: Stefan Ruppert, Bernd Rautenberg, Andreas Herberg, Stephan Gallinat, Jens Hirschauer, Christian Schön, Ruben Teshma, Martina Lucia Alvarez Gamero, Marcel Gabler, Joscha Zabel

military advisor & lead armourer: Martin Goeres, MG Action, Lion David Bogus, MG Action

 

costume, hair & makeup

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costume design: Samira Schenk

costume assistant: Leona Anderson

costume workshop: Annrike Udroiu

costume support stunt rehearsal: Hanna Ruhfus

wardrobe: Daniela Hochstätter, Birgit Niedermaier, Leonie Renner, Maria Pozos, Dandan Wang, Ngozi Victoria Götz

hair / make up: Deborah Hoerz, Diellza Jahiri, Yetkin Sinekli, Irina Rudi, Charis Wolf, Sophia Reim, Arabel Decker, Janine Kusche

additional makeup berlin: Stefanie Lewandowski

sfx makeup artist: Charlotte Fleck

 

production sound

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sound engineer: Julian Berg, Marco Dahl, Kevin Sliwinski, Till Kauffer, Julian Peuker, Thomas Rother, Christoph Schilling, Achim Burkart

sound engineer assistant: Santiago Fauchier

 

art department, set dressing & location scouting

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art director: Olga Gredig

art department assistant / construction manager: Nils Schimitzek

art department assistant: Erhard Jenei, Felix Laskowski

exterior props: Carla Warneboldt

interior props: Claudia Zimmermann, Mara Aragon Otschipka, Christine Stange

set dresser / battlefield: Ruben Steingüber

props driver / set construction assistant: Benjamin Wieland

graphics / technical drawings: Nele Seifert

concept art: Quinn Herrmann

film vehicles / military truck: Hendrik Sage

film vehicle coordination: Jan Kubkowski

prop dresser / construction worker: Felicitas Püls, Frederike Lange, Philipp Blumer, Linda Beyschlag, Sabrina Klingenmeier, Marcel Schmidt, Katharina Göppert, Patricia Euler, Malin Böhner, Paul Mense, Louisa Handt, Alizée Zinkhan, Gerlinde Arand, Angelina Chindemi, Anika Sarder, Jiji Nam, Jakob Kößler, Leon Deubelius, Ingo Haller, Peter Schlickmann, Emily Hugger, Fanny Matena, Alexandra Werner, Winston John Reichelt, Katja Rieger, Anna Vehres, Tabea Lutz, Giuliana, Florian Siegert, Elisa Nura, Amelie Musiol, Carl Kelle, Elisa Morrissey, Lena Anders, Anna Mateos, Gustava Bloss, Leif Jäschke, Lea Champagne, Yuliya Yershova, Kay Scholz, Thomas Robinson, Eileen von Sperber, Isabell Lütkemeyer, Sonia Uni, Fortuna Iervolino, Selcan Firat, Nele Gertsen, Eva Jaqueline Wojas, Juri Glück, Anna Mercedes

location scouting: Alexander Kühn, Marco Henn, Patrick Popp, Michal Ruben & Mo, Fastforward-Locationsservice, Thomas Lauterkorn, Lauterkorn & Himmelweit, Robin, Plush74 Scouting, Maya Müller, Agentur Platzverweis, Emilio Winschetti, Motivagentur, Martin, Zlocationz, Stefan Nobel, Photoscout

location scouting support: Daniela Reichelt, Fynn Wulf

 

editing, color, music & sound post-production

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editor: David Gesslbauer

additional editor: Simon Klinkertz

motion design opening title: Max Habel

colourist: Marina Starke

colour assistant: Nicole Angliss, Okay Studio

colour ep: Franky Chadwick, Okay Studio

film composer: Alexander David Wolf, Wolfsrudel Music

vocals: Artemis Malta

sound design & mixing: Julian Berg, Berg&Dahl, Marco Dahl, Berg&Dahl

foley artist: Johanna Roth

foley recording: Thomas Rother

voice recording ukraine: Alexander Vernigora, Sara Records

voice recording london: Roger Lairisa, Gramercy Park Studios, Annika Gustavsson, Gramercy Park Studios

 

visual effects – general credits

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vfx consulting: Lennard Fricke

vfx set supervisor: Fabian Peitzsch, Nils Nissing, Cullum Ruddleston, Lauritz Neu

previz & 3d lighting & rendering: Julian Dünser

previz: Marc Reuter

visual effects by: MONKEYS.TV, UPP, ACHT, Storz & Escherich, Spellwork, Celluloid, Elevate, Eye Candy

 

vfx – monkeys.tv

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vfx supervisor & ep (monkeys.tv): Mahmoud Ghali

vfx supervisor (monkeys.tv): Nouran Farag

post production supervisor (monkeys.tv): Ali Ghali

vfx producer (monkeys.tv): Farah Mostafa, Areej Herz, Shrouk El Tohfa

digital compositing supervisor (monkeys.tv): Mohamed Mamdouh

digital compositor (monkeys.tv): Esraa Samy, Youssef Basha, Hosny Muhammed

lookdev / digital assets lead (monkeys.tv): Karim Hassanein

digital assets artist (monkeys.tv): Rana Ammar, Hazem Abozied

environment artist (monkeys.tv): Moustafa Hussein

character artist (monkeys.tv): Haitham Elsidy

pipeline / rigging td (monkeys.tv): Ahmed Gamal

rigging artist (monkeys.tv): Aya Ashraf

character animator (monkeys.tv): Abdulrahman Nasser, Shady Sobhy

fx artist (monkeys.tv): Jollyan Bassem, Karim Salah, Ahmed Wageh, Mohamed Helal, Mohamed Saber

lighting artist (monkeys.tv): Moustafa Hussein, Aly Ahmed, Mohamed Adel

it / system administrator (monkeys.tv): Amr Adel, Moustafa Ahmed, Mohamed Hossam

 

vfx – upp

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vfx supervisor (upp): Jiri Linhart

executive producer (upp): Jan Valter

project coordinator (upp): Albert Otevrel

head of production (upp): Magdalena Halamová

 

vfx – spellwork

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managing director (spellwork): Sermed Darah

vfx supervisor & ep (spellwork): Timm Engelkamp

vfx producer (spellwork): Leonie Naporra

2d lead (spellwork): Gregor Stephani

compositing lead (spellwork): Christian Wunsch

3d artist (spellwork): Lennart Hese

 

vfx – celluloid

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vfx producer (celluloid): Holger Hummel

vfx/compositing supervisor (celluloid): Matthias Wäsch

compositing artist (celluloid): Henriette Adel

 

vfx – acht

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vfx producer (acht): Renee Sudmeyer

vfx supervisor (acht): Sebastian Mann

 

vfx – eye candy

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modeling artist (eye candy): Till Sander

scanning td (eye candy): Pascal Schober

texturing artist (eye candy): Marvin Jaacks

 

vfx – storz & escherich

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vfx supervisor & ep (storz & escherich): Matthias Storz

vfx producer (storz & escherich): Stephanie Thon

 

vfx – elevate

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executive producer (elevate): Neha Hooda

vfx artist (elevate): Krishnakant Mishra, Gouri Shankar, Jayachandran Mani, Abilaash Manoharan, Goutham S J, George Clintan, Martin Alexander, Muralidharan, Thamaraikannan, Lenin, Gopinath, Kaliraj, Nanda Kumar, Rajesh, Vikram, Viswanathan, Vignesh R, Selladurai S, Saran Kumar S, Amritha B, Rani A, Rajkumar, Sonali, Lawrence Yesuraj, Harippriyan, Bharathsankar, Anbarasan, Sanjay Kumar Gupta

 

vfx – replayboys

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clean up / retouch: Replayboys

vfx supervisor replayboys: Max Hartmann

 

rentals

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rentals: ARRI München, Vantage Berlin, Superglass, Cine Mobil, Lautmacher, BSI-Arbeitsbühnen, Roger&Over, Camelot, UFO, MBF, Cineone, Well Done, MSB-Rental, Central Parking Berlin, Studio Babelsberg, Schein Berlin, Filmservice Andermann, Tectum, Block & Graphics, Mobilespace, Filmservice Lienert, Filmbus Geidel & Walter GbR, Jola Rent, Colle, Cegema, Helmut Reiter GmbH, Master Wheels, Nefter Special Effects, Hawk, Focus Canning, Panalux, Pinkbagger, ATG Lift, Carpetlight, Licam GmbH, Kamerapool, DOP Choice, Licht Technik, Medias Reiseservice, Browo Halteverbote, Cinehub, Usables, Finder Tv, Camcar, Lichtforum Berlin

 

catering

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lemberger catering: Claus Lemberger

catering uhlenbrock: Sven Uhlenbrock

catering volkssolidarität barnim: Robert Schrott, Christian Rückheim

catering genussbote: Tobias Plaschna, Caroline Feldbiner

 

hotels

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city oase hotel: Nina Poric

historikhotel: Ines Curtis

ibis styles hbf bochum: Anke Sauer

seezeit resort: Michael Puhr

ring hotel: Bernd Kanzow

touristischen begegnungszentrum lindengarten: Ronald Kühn

h24 hotel bernau: Jennifer van Der Paauw, Wilhelm Grünewald

city hotel berlin east gch hotel group: Thomas Lerike

 

locations

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district office ludwigsburg: Mr. Weinhold, Herr Stevanov, Caren Klatt, Felix Gnann

refugee container besigheim: Mathias Rockstroh, Ann-Katrin Fischer, Mahmoud Qasem, Gebhard Woll

johanneskirche: Prof. Dr. Christoph Dinkel, Mrs. Lutsch

evangelische heimstiftung: Dian Falkenstein

filmakademie / adk courtyard: Jürgen Maier, Christiane Seybold, Friedemann Klappert, Mrs. Roth, Anja Widmann

railway museum bochum: Harald Reese, Christian Mann

flying base berlin: Torsten Fischer

parkinn berlin: Claudia Pfeiffer

battlefield barracks berlin: Melanie Kampf, Manfred Ciornovalic

peach property group: Marc Sesterhenn, Jörg Schmidt

balcony bochum: Mohammad Hadla

ecumenical community parking / rest area bochum: Mrs Sarawara, Pfarrer Christian Zimmer

wald eichhorst berlin: Manja Heise, Birgit Grossmann

wasserkanal klandorf: Mr. Stöckel, Steven Hochwald

field eichhorst berlin: Mr. Pieper

inmotion studio münchen: Bastian Ried

cellar room london: Barbara Leenen

 

stock footage

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stockfootage: Slava Arno, Gorodenkoff Productions, Vjatcheslav Vlasov, Gorodenkoff Productions, Kirilo & Igor Zagorodniy, Shutterstock

 

film academy & study programs

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department study program – commercial: Martin Schmidt, Florian Sigl, Martina Lülsdorf, Bernd T. Höfflin, Zoran Bihac

project supervisor: Christian Schega

department study program – camera: Roland Mönch

central production management: Thomas Lechner

 

acknowledgements

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thanks to staff of the filmakademie baden-württemberg: Bernd Michalek, Marc, Matthias Wagenführ, Monika Wilhelm, Peter Beutel, Günter Herwig, Sabine Nicke, Eva Grau, Bettina Dobler, Harald Christ, Cordula Landt, Sigrid Gairing, Alejandra Diaz, Florencia Altamirano, Wolfgang Kerber

many thanks to: Johannes Höft, Simon Daniel, Kyrill Silbersalz, Eric Schaechter, Benedikt Lange, Radoslav Stoyanov, Anja Widmann, Doris Walling, Frau Balles, Laura Pohl, Olga Mörike, Marc André Gerke, Steffen Schweizer, Kai Fenner, Andreas Blind, Stephan Matheus, Tetjana Trofusha

special thanks to our partners: MCC Movie Cam Car, Haeger Stunt & Wireworks, Dasrund, Jugendstiftung

personal thanks to: Families, Friends, Vera Portz, Alexander Schildt, Ben Schneider