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The Tower

Der Turm

2012
Germany
TV-Miniseries - Drama
180 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Nadja Uhl (Josta Fischer); Sebastian Urzendowsky (Christian Hoffmann); Claudia Michelsen (Anne Hoffmann); Jan Josef Liefers (Richard Hoffmann); Sergej Moya (Ezzo Rohde); Peter Prager (Direktor Fahner); Götz Schubert (Meno Rohde); Steffi Kühnert (Barbara Rohde); Udo Schenk (Kohler); Hans-Uwe Bauer (Ulrich Rohde); Stephanie Stumph (Ina Rohde); Christian Sengewald (Thomas Wernstein); David C. Bunners (Der Ältere); Janusz Kocaj (Falk Truschler); Claudia Geisler (Frau Kolb); Thorsten Merten (Manfred Weniger); Peter Sodann (Max Barsano); Valery Tscheplanowa (Judith Schevola); Ernst-Georg Schwill (Chefarzt Mülle); Martin Seifert (Herr Schnürchel); Klaus Bieligk (Heinz Schiffner)

Direction

Director: Christian Schwochow

Assistant director: Isabel Paul

Writing

Screenplay: Thomas Kirchner

Based on: Uwe Tellkamp (novel)

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Frank Lamm

Assistant camera / focus puller: Daniel Erb

2nd Camera unit: Lars Petersen

Steadicam: Yoshua Berkowitz

Still photographer: Nik Konietzny

Lighting design: Lars Petersen

Lighting technician: Urs Zimmermann; Jörg Hartmann

Decor

Set Dresser: Julia Roeske; Friederike Berthold; Jo Heins

Set design: Isabel von Forster

Property master: Alexander Lambriev

Stand-by props: David Thummerer

Make-up artist: Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger; Noura Leder; Gregor Eckstein (Spezial-Maske)

Wardrobe: Steffi Bruhn

Production design: Lars Lange

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Jens Klüber

Assistant editor: Julia Dupuis

Sound editor: Tatjana Jakob

Sound: Jörg Kidrowski

Sound assistant: Lutz Lassek

Stunt co-ordinator: Antje Rau

Casting: Anja Dihrberg; Johanna Ragwitz

Production

Producer: Matthias Adler; Nico Hofmann; Benjamin Benedict

Co-Producer: Jana Brandt; Bettina Reitz

Editorial department: Michael André (WDR); Christian Granderath (NDR); Manfred Hattendorf (SWR); Bettina Ricklefs (BR); Rosemarie Wintgen (RBB)

Line producer: Sebastian Werninger

Unit production manager: Tim Greve

Location manager: Daniel Rillmann; Jens Noack

Companies

Production company: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR); TeamWorxX Television

in Co-Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR); Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR); Südwestrundfunk (SWR); Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR); Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)

Commissioned by: ARD Degeto Film