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Sources of Life

Quellen des Lebens

2012
Germany
feature film - Drama
173 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Jürgen Vogel (Erich Freytag); Meret Becker (Elisabeth Freytag); Moritz Bleibtreu (Klaus Freytag); Lavinia Wilson (Gisela Ellers); Lisa Smit (Laura, age 13-17); Leonard Scheicher (Robert, age 13-17); Kostja Ullmann (young Klaus); Ilyes Moutaoukkil (Robert, age 4-7); Sonja Kirchberger (Marie Freytag); Margarita Broich (Hildegard Ellers); Thomas Heinze (Martin Ellers); Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht (Schwarz); Steffen Wink (Herr Werner); Erica Marozsán (Frau Werner); Karoline Teska (Erika Ellers); Michael Rast (critic); Vincent Krüger (Ackermann); Alexander Martschewski (Gries); Eva Bay (Annika); Rolf Zacher (Erwin); Karl-Walter Sprungala (Kritiker); Ulrike Hanke-Hänsch (old woman); Sabine Urig (Frau Rammer); Dietmar Mössmer (Komorek); Genoveva Mayer (Uschi); Marie Becker (Laura); Bernhard Conrad (Hans); Yann Grouhel (Lars Freytag); Patrick Joswig (young publisher); Aline Hochscheid (Edda); Uli Schmissat (Heimleiter); Thomas Kügel (Bürgermeister, Lehrer Porky); Jürgen Rißmann (Hair dresser); Leni Speidel (Student)

Direction

Director: Oskar Roehler

Assistant director: Christian Hoyer; Lutz Rabbach

Writing

Screenplay: Oskar Roehler

Script supervisor: Axel Schill

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Carl-F. Koschnick

Assistant camera / focus puller: Tobias Sebastian Kownatzki; Ansgar Krajewski; Ami Rodrigues

Steadicam: Thomas Korda; Jörg Widmer

Still photographer: Hans-Joachim Pfeiffer; Rosa Merk

Lighting design: Tommy Schulz

Lighting technician: Emil Jevtic; Daniel Jopp

Key grip: Maike Maier

Decor

Production design: Julika Kanitz

Property master: Jan Rott; Ben Sidon

Stand-by props: Thomas Frankenberg

Make-up artist: Elke Lebender; Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger; Stephanie Däbritz; Julia Rinkl

Costume design: Esther Walz

Production design: Eduard Krajewski

Location Scout: Benno Pastewka

Art Director: Bettina Lessnig

special make-up: Gregor Eckstein

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Peter R. Adam

Sound: Sven Sydow; William Franck

Sound assistant: Bert Roth

Sound design: André Zimmermann; Jan Petzold; Josef Steinbüchel

Audio mixing: Hubertus Rath

Special effects: Sven Kühn

Stunts: Hanna Hansen

Casting: Simone Bär; Patrick Dreikrauss

Music

Music: Martin Todsharow

Production

Producer: Oliver Berben; Stefan Arndt; Uwe Schott

Co-Producer: Michael Süss

Executive Producer: Jürgen Tröster

Editorial department: Barbara Buhl (WDR); Bettina Reitz (BR); Stefanie Fromm (NDR); Jörn Klamroth (ARD Degeto); Bettina Ricklefs (ARD Degeto)

Line producer: Ulli Neumann

Unit production manager: Thomas Rohde; Bruno Keller

Supervision: Jürgen Tröster

Production assistant: Ann-Kathrin Weddige

Set location manager: Mario Striehn

Motive location manager: Bastian Rabe; Benno Pastewka

Companies

Production company: X Filme Creative Pool GmbH

in Co-Production: Degeto Film GmbH; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR); Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR); Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR); Süss Film

in Co-Operation: Moovie - the art of entertainment GmbH