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The Red Cockatoo

Der Rote Kakadu

2006
Germany
feature film - Drama
128 min. (3507 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Max Riemelt (Siggi); Jessica Schwarz (Luise); Ronald Zehrfeld (Wolle); Tanja Schleiff (Rena); Ingeborg Westphal (Aunt Hedy); Peter Schneider (Bassist); Kathrin Angerer (Mrs. Männchen); Devid Striesow (Hurwitz); Heiko Senst (Arne); Klaus Manchen (Großer Lewerenz); Felix Mödl (Bandleader); Ljubisa Ristic (Miro); Frank Auerbach (Landlord); Mike Zaka Sommerfeldt (Doorman); Angelika Hart (Karla); Heike Thiem-Schneider (Heide); Dietmar Huhn (Schaum); Uwe Lach (Stage Manager); Christoph Heckel (Director); Till Schmidt (Border Guard); Johannes Gabriel (Border Guard); Olaf Hais (Policeman); Michael Gerber (Antiques Dealer); Clemens Böll (Böll); Volker Michalowski (Small Lewerenz); Nadja Petri (KGB-Officer); Lutz Teschner (Party official); Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit

Direction

Director: Dominik Graf

Assistant director: Sven Fehrensen; Gigi Neal; Tanja Däberitz; Sebastian Kutzli

Writing

Screenplay: Karin Åström; Michael Klier

Screenplay contributor: Günter Schütter

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Benedict Neuenfels

Assistant camera / focus puller: Andreas Erben; Caro Krugmann

Steadicam: Robert Patzelt

Still photographer: Nadja Klier

Decor

Title: Darius Ghanai

Make-up artist: Susanne Bock; Katharina Nädelin

Costume design: Barbara Grupp

Production design: Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Christel Suckow

Sound editor: Friedrich M. Dosch; João Pedro Costa Pinto; Eva Claudius; Lisa Geffken-Reinhard

Sound: Rainer Haase

Sound assistant: Olaf Kutscher

Sound design: Friedrich M. Dosch; Christoph von Schönburg

Foley artist: Joern Poetzl

Audio mixing: Martin Steyer

Special effects: Adolf Wojtinek

Stunt co-ordinator: Armin Sauer

Casting: An Dorthe Braker

Music

Music: Dieter Schleip

Production

Producer: Manuela Stehr

Co-Producer: Stefan Gärtner; David Groenewold

Editorial department: Alicia Rémirez

Line producer: Marcos Kantis

Unit production manager: Rolf Schleitzer

Location manager: Nadja Tausch

Companies

Production company: X Filme Creative Pool GmbH

in Co-Production: German Film Productions (GFP) GmbH & Co.; SevenPictures GmbH; Sat.1 GmbH