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The Eighth Day

Der achte Tag

1990
Germany
feature film - Sci-Fi
99 min. (2713 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Katharina Thalbach (Vera Pukal); Hans-Christian Blech (Dr. Richard Svoboda); Heinz Hoenig (Holger Pukal); Hannelore Elsner (Frau de Vries); Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp (Herr Hamacher); Fritz Schediwy (Unbekannter); Lukas Ammann (Prof. Heinrich Wagner); Peter Simonischek (Dr. de Vries); Ulrich Pleitgen (Prof. Hans-Jürgen Dittmann); Rosalinde Renn (Carola Stein); Klaus Pohl (Manfred Brauneck); Nicolette Krebitz (Sylvie de Vries); Karin Drache-Fares (Frau Brauneck); Jascha Pütz (Jan Pukal); Christoph Wegener (Lukas); Christian Wegener (Joscha); Werner Brehm; Sabine Herken; Dominik Bender; Irene Rindje

Direction

Director: Reinhard Münster

Assistant director: Heike Hempel

Writing

Screenplay: Reinhard Münster

Screenplay contributor: Martin Theo Krieger (Künstlerische Mitarbeit); Sten Nadolny (Künstlerische Beratung)

Script supervisor: Irene Rindje

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Axel Block

Assistant camera / focus puller: Dieter Welsch

Lighting design: Gerardo Benicasa

Lighting technician: Klaus Dorsen; Jost Engelmayer

Decor

Set design: Norbert Scherer

Construction manager: Bernd Mayer

Make-up artist: Sabine Gerken

Costume design: Rosi Jurat

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Raimund Barthelmes

Assistant editor: Monika Kappel-Smith

Sound: Hardy Hardt

Sound assistant: Matthias Obergartz

Music

Music: Günther Fischer

Production

Producer: Joachim von Vietinghoff

Co-Producer: Reinhard Münster; Martin Theo Krieger

Editorial department: Gebhard Henke

Unit production manager: Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner

Location manager: Petra Herpich; Petra Kühnast

Companies

Production company: Reinhard Münster Filmproduktion; Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion GmbH; Martin Theo Krieger Filmproduktion

in Co-Operation: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)