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Germany Pale Mother

Deutschland bleiche Mutter

1980
Germany
feature film - Drama
123 min. (3378 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Eva Mattes (Helene); Ernst Jacobi (Hans); Elisabeth Stepanek (Hanne); Angelika Thomas (Lydia); Rainer Friedrichsen (Ulrich); Gisela Stein (Aunt Ihmchen); Fritz Lichtenhahn (Uncle Bertrand); Anna Sanders (Anna); Miriam Lauer (Anna); Sonja Lauer (Anna); Heinz Petruo; Friedrich-Werner Hartmann; Johanna Karl-Lory; Egon Lauer; Ursula Ludwig; Gabriele John; Lisa Örter; Hans Rickmann; Jeanine Rickmann; Hermann Rittweger; Roland Schäfer

Voice: Helma Sanders-Brahms

Direction

Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms

Assistant director: Christa Ritter; Elfi Tillack; Fritz Poppenberg

Writing

Screenplay: Helma Sanders-Brahms

Based on: Bertolt Brecht (poem)

Script supervisor: Elfi Tillack

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Jürgen Jürges

Assistant camera / focus puller: Renato Fortunato

Still photographer: Fritz Poppenberg

Lighting design: Dieter Ahlich; Rudolf Hock; Hans-Günther Bücking

Decor

Set design: Götz Heymann; Antje Petersen

Prop master: Michael Bouterweck; Ursula Knispel

Make-up artist: Barbara Telg-Tebbe; Berthold Sack

Costume design: Karin Berking; Janken Janssen

Wardrobe: Karin Berking

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Elfi Tillack; Uta Periginelli

Assistant editor: Hazrath Bey Jusia

Sound: Gunther Kortwich

Sound assistant: Wolf-Dietrich Peters

Audio mixing: Hartmut Eichgrün; Gerhard Jensen

Music

Music: Jürgen Knieper

Music-Production: Jürgen Knieper (piano)

Production

Producer: Helma Sanders-Brahms; Walter Höllerer

Editorial department: Volker Canaris

Line producer: Ursula Ludwig

Unit production manager: Ursula Ludwig; Ursula Ludwig

Location manager: Fritz Poppenberg

Production assistant: Jürgen Günther

Companies

Production company: Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion; Literarisches Colloquium Berlin e.V.; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)