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The Promise

Das Versprechen

1995
Germany / France / Switzerland
feature film - Drama
115 min. (3160 m.)
Location & Studio shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Meret Becker (Young Sophie); Corinna Harfouch (Sophie); Anian Zollner (Young Konrad); August Zirner (Konrad); Susanne Ugé (Young Barbara); Eva Mattes (Barbara); Pierre Besson (Young Harald); Hans Kremer (Harald); Dieter Mann (Konrads Father); Simone von Zglinicki (Konrads Mother); Ruth Glöß (Konrads Grandmother); Christian Herschmann (Alexander, 12 Years); Jörg Meister (Alexander, 20 Years); Jean-Yves Gaultier (Gérard); Ulrike Krumbiegel (Elisabeth); Tina Engel (Sophies Aunt); Monika Hansen (Sophies Mother); Klaus Piontek (Sophies Father-In-Law); Heiko Senst (Wolfgang); Anka Baier (Monika); Sven Lehmann (Max); Otto Sander (Lorenz); Philippe Morier-Genoud (Rüblander); Walerij J. Alexeiew (Vlady); Udo Kroschwald (Junger Müller); Hark Bohm (Müller); Wolfgang Winkler (Stasiman at School); Andreas Mann (Party secretary at School); Hagen Oechel (Military instructor); Christian Tschirner (Borderguard Uwe); Robert Hummel (escape helper); Gilles Gaudis (Man at Trial); Franz Viehmann (Stasiman at Trail); Horst Niemer (prison director); Waltraut Kramm; Bernd Uwe Reppenhagen (border guard); Karl Kranzkowski (border guard); Noella Dussart (Helenka); Tilo Mandel; Felix Moeller; Heike Jonca; Dirk D. Nolting; Dagmar Jäger; Peter Planitzer; René Reinhardt; Sebastian Reusse; René Schubert; Steffen Steglich; Christa Vogel; Johanna Neumann; Mathias Engel; Steffen Pietsch; Gabriele Völsch; Thomas Lawinky; Madeleine Lierck; Marco Bahr; Jens-Uwe Bogadtke; Uwe Karpa; Barbara Dittus; Frank Lienert; Rayk Gaida; Franziska Geyer; Christina Große; Christine Harbort; Karin Heller; Christoph Jacobi; Thomas Cermak

Direction

Director: Margarethe von Trotta

Assistant director: Doris Borkmann; Helenka Hummel

Writing

Screenplay: Peter Schneider; Margarethe von Trotta

Screenplay contributor: Felice Laudadio

Script supervisor: Anna Rohde

Idea: Francesco Laudadio

Dialogue: Peter Schneider

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Franz Rath

2nd Camera unit: Manuel Heyer

Steadicam: Jörg Widmer

Lighting design: Rolf Schneider

Decor

Set design: Benedikt Herforth; Franz Bauer

Set construction: Martin Dostal

Make-up artist: Jürgen Holzapfel; Irmela Holzapfel

Costume design: Petra Kray; Yoshio Yabara

Wardrobe: Elke Schreiner; Lutz Vetter

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Suzanne Baron

Assistant editor: Daniela Boch

Sound: Christian Moldt

Sound assistant: Max Hoskins; Harry Schnitzler

Audio mixing: Manfred Arbter

Music

Music: Jürgen Knieper

Conductor: Manfred Rosenberg

Production

Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf

Co-Producer: Yannick Bernard; Jean-Marc Henchoz

Editorial department: Martin Wiebel

Unit production manager: Dschingis Bowakow

Location manager: Dieter Albrecht; Dieter Anders

Post-Production: Heiko Greiser

Production coordination: Ingrid Slejfir

Companies

Production company: Bioskop-Film GmbH; J.M.H. Productions; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR); Odessa Films S.A.

in Co-Operation: Centre National de la Cinématographie (C.N.C.); Canal+; Studio Babelsberg GmbH