Cast & Crew

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Writing Credits

Marguerite Yourcenar
(based on the novel by)
Geneviève Dormann
(screenplay) &
Margarethe von Trotta
(screenplay) &
Jutta Brückner
(screenplay)

Cast

Margarethe von Trotta
Sophie von Reval
Matthias Habich
Erich von Lhomond
Rüdiger Kirschstein
Conrad von Reval
Mathieu Carrière
Volkmar
Marc Eyraud
Dr. Paul Rugen
Valeska Gert
Tante Praskovia
Frederik von Zichy
Franz von Aland
Bruno Thost
Chopin
Henry van Lyck
Borschikoff
Alexander von Eschwege
Blankenberg
Franz Morak
Grigori Loew
Maria Guttenbrunner
Mutter Loew
Hannes Kaetner
Michel
Stephan Paryla
Sergeant

Produced by

Anatole Dauman
co-producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
executive producer / producer
Hans Prescher
producer: HR
Volker Schlöndorff
producer

Music by

Stanley Myers

Cinematography by

Igor Luther

Editing by

Jane Seitz
(as Jane Sperr)

Production Design by

Hans Jürgen Kiebach
(as Jürgen Kiebach)

Costume Design by

Ingrid Zoré

Makeup Department

Sybille Danzer
makeup artist

Production Management

Herbert Kerz
production manager
Wolf Dietrich Peters-Vallerius
unit manager (as Wolf-Dietrich Peters)
Willi Wulf
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Alexander von Eschwege
assistant director

Sound Department

Gerhard Birkholz
sound
Alexander Rupp
sound editor
Willi Schwadorf
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Helmut Gräf
pyrotechnician (as Helmut Graef)

Camera and Electrical Department

Peter Arnold
assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Reinhild Paul
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Henri Colpi
additional editor
Anette Dorn
assistant editor

Thanks

Jean-Pierre Melville
dedicatee
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