Distributor / Credits

Theatrical Distribution (Germany)
Real Fiction Filmverleih
fon +49 (0) 221 / 95 22-111
fax +49 (0) 221 / 95 22-113
email info@realfictionfilme.de
web www.realfictionfilme.de

World Sales
FIRST HAND FILMS
Neunbrunnenstraße 50
8050 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: 41 44 312 20 60
Fax: 41 44 312 20 80
web: http://www.firsthandfilms.com/

 

Protagonists

France Rhim Ibrir
Algeria Abdallah Benhamou, Houcin Ouahiani, Houria Kourad
Container Vessel „Smaragd“ Leonid Savin, Dmitriy Simonov, Oleg Vashchenko, Artem Zaporozhets, Oleksiy Shelyakin, Sergiy Isayev, Vicente Bautista, Osmundo Fuertes, Mardion Arong, Johnrey Alvarado, Ryan Magdua, Clark Jhun Cantoria, Ron Toledo, Danilo De Leon
Cruise Liner „Adventure of the Seas“ Guillaume Coutu-Lemaire, Emma Gillings
Northern Ireland Terry Diamond, Jackie Kelly

Use of a video by Terry Diamond shot on board the cruise liner „Adventure of the Seas“ on 14.09.2012 between 3:00 – 4:30 pm, Position 37°28.6’N 000°3.8’E original duration of the recording: 3:36 minutes. With the kind permission of Terry Diamond.

Use of the radio communication between the cruise liner „Adventure of the Seas“ and the Cartagena Maritime Rescue Center on 14.09.2012 between 3:00 – 4:30 pm. With the kind permission of Spanish Maritime Safety Agency and Royal Caribbean International.

The sound recordings used in the film are based on the filming during the period June 2014 to February 2015.

Script Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner
Director Philip Scheffner
Assistant Director Pascal Capitolin
Camera Terry Diamond, Bernd Meiners
Sound Pascal Capitolin, Volker Zeigermann
Dramaturgy Merle Kröger, Meike Martens
Montage Philip Scheffner
Executive Producer Caroline Kirberg
Production Assistant Alex Gerbaulet
Research Philip Scheffner, Merle Kröger, Caroline Kirberg, Francesca Bertin, Pascal Capitolin, Robert Fischer, Ilonka Brill, Houari Bouchenak Khelladi, Drifa Mezenner, Ali Belghit, Nesrine Dahmoun
Line Producer Algeria Thala Films Production, Faycal Hammoum, Yacine Bouaziz
Production Manager Algeria Houari Bouchenak Khelladi
Production Manager Spain Robert Fischer, Ilonka Brill
Driver Algeria Hichem Barka, Rachid Boukhalfa
Driver Northern Ireland Sean Diamond
On Set Translation Houari Bouchenak Khelladi, Abdo Shanan, Stanislav Danylyshyn, Meike Martens, Robert Fischer, Ilonka Brill
Postproduction Supervisor Caroline Kirberg
Sound Design  Volker Zeigermann, Alexander Gerhardt, Philip Scheffner
Sound Mix Florian Marquardt
Color Grading & Mastering Matthias Behrens
Studio Sound Design Zeigermann_Audio
Studio Sound Mix Klangfee media sound
Online Studio Image wave-line Berlin
Translation Rubaica Jaliwala, Houari Bouchenak Khelladi, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Stanislav Danylyshyn, Susanne Schultz
Legal Consulting Matthias Braun
Producers Merle Kröger, Caroline Kirberg
Co-producers Meike Martens, Marcie Jost, Peter Zorn
Commissioning Editor  ZDF/ARTE Doris Hepp

Produced by pong
In co-production with Blinker Filmproduktion, worklights media production
and with ZDF
in collaboration with ARTE
Distribution Germany Real Fiction Filmverleih

Research funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung
Development funded by FFA Filmförderungsanstalt
Production funded by
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg   
BKM   
Deutscher Filmförderfonds   
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Film und Medien Stiftung NRW