Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jo Baier

Writing Credits

Jo Baier
Heinrich Mann
(novel)
Cooky Ziesche

Cast

Julien Boisselier
Henri III de Navarra - Henri IV
Joachim Król
Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné
Andreas Schmidt
Guillaume du Bartas
Roger Casamajor
Maximilien de Béthune 'Rosny'
Armelle Deutsch
Marguerite de Valois 'Margot'
Chloé Stefani
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Sven Pippig
Beauvoise
Sandra Hüller
Catherine
Hannelore Hoger
Catharina de Medicis
Ulrich Noethen
Charles IX
Devid Striesow
Henri de Valois - Duc d'Anjou
Adam Markiewicz
François - Duc d'Alençon
Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Marie de Medici
Christine Urspruch
Leonora
Marta Calvó
Jeanne d'Albret
Karl Markovics
Gaspard de Coligny
André Hennicke
Marshall Biron
Wotan Wilke Möhring
Henri de Guise
Antoine Monot Jr.
Mayenne
Karin Neuhäuser
Amme
Johannes Silberschneider
Arzt in Nerac
Pep Anton Muñoz
Duc d'Estrées
Matthias Walter
Joyeuse
Manfred Schmid
Zamet
Aida Folch
Henriette
Frank Kessler
François Ravaillac
Paulus Manker
Legat
Katharina Thalbach
Gauklerin
Fritz Marquardt
Nostradamus
Kristo Ferkic
Henri IV. - 11 years
Max Befort
Henri IV. - 16 years
Lukas T. Berglund
Caesar - 7 years
Andy Arndt
Farmer
Jan Dose
Attentäter
Werner Ehrlicher
(voice)
Sigo Heinisch
Catholic
Werner Lustig
Pastor
Daniele Rizzo
Drunk gleeman
Ludwig Skuras
Village boy
Matthias van den Berg
Catholic citizen
Frank Voß
Ambroise Paré
Anton Weber
Ausrufer
Amon Wendel
Young Louis
Bodo Wolf
(voice)
Matt Zemlin
Wärter
Michael Roll
Henri IV.
Anna Thalbach
Margot
Isabel Vollmer
Blonde Schönheit

Produced by

Eric Benz
assistant producer
Carl Bergengruen
co-producer: SWR
Jean Bigot
co-producer: France 2
Jana Brandt
co-producer: MDR
Esther Cases
co-producer
Christian Charret
co-producer: Geteve
Antonio Exacoustos
co-producer: B.A. Produktion GmbH der ARRI Group
Joan Antoni González
co-producer: ICC
Bastie Griese
associate producer (as Bastian Griese)
Veit Heiduschka
co-producer: Wega Film
Doris J. Heinze
co-producer: NDR
Gebhard Henke
co-producer: WDR
Jörn Klamroth
co-producer: DEGETO
Hartmut Köhler
executive producer
Heinrich Mis
co-producer: ORF
Jan Novotný
co-executive producer: Czech Republic
Ernst Petz
co-producer: ORF
Bettina Reitz
co-producer: BR
Bettina Ricklefs
co-producer: BR
Ralf Schmitz
associate producer / co-producer: Magic Media Company
Jürgen Tröster
line producer
Frank Tönsmann
co-producer: WDR
Regina Ziegler
producer
Cooky Ziesche
creative producer

Music by

Henry Jackman
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by

Gernot Roll

Editing by

Alexander Berner
Claus Wehlisch

Casting By

Sabine Schroth

Production Design by

Klaus-Peter Platten
Christian Strang

Art Direction by

Steffen Staudenmaier
Stephanie Strecker
(as Stephanie Brenner)

Set Decoration by

Michael Fechner
key set decorator
Isabel von Forster

Costume Design by

Gerhard Gollnhofer
Ute Hofinger

Makeup Department

Tamar Aviv
special makeup effects artist
Linda Eisenhamerova
hair stylist (as Linda Dvorakova) / makeup artist (as Linda Dvorakova)
Aline Hafezi
prosthetics
René Jordan
makeup artist
Barbara Kichi
hair stylist (as Barbara Kichiova) / hair stylist / makeup artist
Erwin H. Kupitz
wig maker
Birger Laube
special makeup effects artist: dummies
Gabriela Polakova
hair stylist / makeup artist
Ulrich Ritter
makeup artist
Jörn Seifert
special makeup effects artist
Gerd Zeiss
hair & makeup design (as Gerhard Zeiss)
Johanna Koch
special effects makeup (uncredited)

Production Management

Stephanie Birkmaier
assistant production manager
Dominik Bollen
post-production supervisor
Hanne Evans
production manager: France
Laura L. Gintar
post-production supervisor
Moritz Grenzebach
assistant production manager
Jiri Husak
unit manager: Czech Republic
Branko Jehlar
production manager: Czech Republic
Leila Kessler
second production manager
Christiane Plum
assistant production manager
Cornelia Schmidt-Matthiesen
general production manager
Daniel Severa
production supervisor: Czech Republic
Petr Skvor
assistant unit manager Czech
Michael Stritzel
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Nicole Front
assistant director
Vojta Hlavicka
second assistant director
Eva Kadankova
assistant director
Jakub Strangmuller
second second assistant director

Art Department

Hans Christian Anderson
carpenter
Sabine Avenhaus
lead sculptor
Markus Baum
carpenter
Thomas Beier
painter (as Tom Beier)
Markus Bendler
outdoor props
Daniel Berger
carpenter
Klaus Bienen
carpenter
Marie Luise Bona
prop builder
Claudin Brackhagen
painter (as Claudine Brackhagen)
Jan Patrick Brandt
painter
Verena Bremmertz
trainee props
David Dahlmann
carpenter
Alexander Dercks
set designer
Lars Dicht
stand-by carpenter
Ralf Eggebrett
carpenter
Michael Fechner
property master
Hannes Fischer
carpenter
Marlene Foltyn
sculptor
Eckart Friz
stand-by property master
Pierre Galic
painter
Lars Grapeutin
carpenter
Christopher Görs
carpenter
Marcus Günther
painter
Matthias Haase
property master
Anne Habermann
sculptor
Armin Hartenstein
painter
Elena Hilbrig
sculptor
Wolfgang Hoffman
carpenter (as Wolfgang Hoffmann)
Frank Jaeckel
carpenter
Axel Kahnt
key property master
Sebastian Karbowiak
painter
Katja Klein
painter
André Knopp
carpenter
Andreas Koever
carpenter
Stefanie Kromrei
assistant set decorator
Julia Kröplin
painter
Martin Kubricht
props
Stefan Laufer
gardener
Lisa Lukas
painter
Sebastian Meyer
painter
Gaby Mocaer
painter
Inga Molsberger
sculptor
Felix Montero
carpenter
Martin Moszsynsky
gardener
Jurgen Mustermann
gardener
Michael Müller
carpenter
Alessio Nalesini
painter
Mike Nehls
carpenter
Simone Paintner
painter
Bjoern Poppinga
sculptor (as Björn Poppinga)
Matthias Prange
swing gang
Doriano Quintavalle
carpenter
Johannes Renz
graphic artist
Jari Rich
head gardener (as Jari Risch)
David Rothenberg
carpenter
Dieter Schmidt
carpenter
Georg Schneider
glazer
Andreas Schwank
painter
Ingo Schweiger
carpenter
Richard Steinberg
carpenter
Martina Steiner
art department manager
Birgit Stoll
painter
Thomas Strang
researcher/archivist
Ivo Strecker
carpenter
Volker Stroebel
set builder: France
Markus Teichmann
carpenter
Peter Urban
carpenter
Claudia Vaes
painter
Stephan von Tresckow
set builder: France
Claus Vossen
carpenter
Christian Weber
carpenter
Jürgen Wein
construction foreman
Gabriele Winzen
painter
Wolfgang Wrede
stand by painter
Lars Zastrow
carpenter
Daniel Zörner
painter
Florian Augis
production buyer: additional shooting crew (uncredited)

Sound Department

Alexander Buck
dialogue editor
Tschangis Chahrokh
re-recording mixer
Friedrich M. Dosch
supervising sound editor
Günter Friedhoff
adr mixer (as Günther Friedhoff)
Laura L. Gintar
adr coordinator
Konrad Hülsmann
second boom operator
Florian Kaltenegger
foley editor / foley recordist / foley supervisor
Roland Kirchner
sound mix technician
Stefan Korte
re-recording mixer
Thomas Lüdemann
foley editor
Aurélien Mauro
sound mix assistant
Henry Mayr
sound project coordinator
Clemens Nürnberger
adr recordist
Roland Platz
foley artist
Jörn Poetzl
foley artist
Sebastian Riegel
boom operator
Philipp Sellier
foley recordist
Thomas Supke
adr editor
Alexander Vitt
production sound editor
Gunnar Voigt
sound
Christoph von Schönburg
sound designer
Guido Zettier
supervising adr editor / supervising dialogue editor

Special Effects by

Ondrej Nierostek
special effects senior technician
Zoltán Tóth
special effects foreman (as Zoltan Toth)
Jirí Vojtech
special effects

Visual Effects by

Anne Balthasar
digital compositor (as Anne Fuhrmann)
Denis Behnke
visual effects supervisor
Sabine Janetzka
digital compositor
David Laubsch
digital compositor
Dirk Müller
digital effects
Marco Pelzel
digital compositor
Phillipp Sauermann
digital compositor
Christoph Schmidt
visual effects artist (as Christoph Otto Schmidt)
Sebastian Stanek
visual effects supervisor
Bernhard Stumpf
digital compositor
Christian Wolff
visual effects artist

Stunts

Tomás Barták
stunts
Pavel Bousek
stunts
Georges Branche
stunts (as Georg Branche)
Mike Braun
stunts
Sandor Czirjak
stunts (as Sandor Cziriak)
Henri Fleury
stunts
Gerd Grzesczak
stunt coordinator
Petr Hynek
riding double: Roger Casamajor
Josef Jelínek
stunts
Filip Kadlec
stunts
Heiko Kiesow
stunts
James Kitson
stunts (as Jimmi Kitson)
Pavel Konvalina
stunts
Martin Kot'átko
stunts
Ladislav Lahoda
stunt coordinator
Robert Lahoda
rigging coordinator
Jirí Machek
stunts (as Jiri Machek)
Ondrej Malina
stunts
Pavel Myslik
stunts
Pavel Novotny
stunts
Jaroslav Novotný
stunts
Diana Pakroppa
assistant horse stunts
Jaroslav Peterka
stunt rigger
Milan Plsek
stunts
Gabriela Rezacova
assistant stunt coordinator
Marno Röder
stunt performer
Siegfried Scherer
stunts
Bernhard Schirmer
stunts
Zlot Sera
stunts
Johana Spacilova
horse wrangler
Jakub Svec
stunt armorer
Zoltan Toth
stunts
Vlastimil Trojan
stunts
Jürgen Wustrack
stunts (as Jurgen Wustrack)
Rene Wustrack
stunts
Ivo Zubaty
stunts
Erik Aderhold
stunts (uncredited)
Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé
stunts (uncredited)
Pavel Bousek
stunt double: Julien Boisselier (uncredited)
Radek Bruna
stunts (uncredited)
Pavel Cajzl
stunts (uncredited)
Sandor Czirjak
stunt rider (uncredited)
Péter Felcsuti
stunts (uncredited)
Guido Föhrweißer
stunt rider (uncredited)
Evangelos Grecos
stunt performer (uncredited)
Timo Honsa
stunt performer (uncredited)
Jiri Horky
stunts (uncredited)
Filip Kadlec
stunt rider (uncredited)
István Kiss
stunts (uncredited)
Jindrich Klaus
stunts (uncredited)
Gábor Kovács
stunts (uncredited)
Miroslav Lhotka
stunts (uncredited)
Dimo Lipitkovsky
stunts (uncredited)
Jan Loukota
stunts (uncredited)
Christian Petersson
stunts (uncredited)
Jan Petrina
stunts (uncredited)
Roman Spacil
stunts (uncredited)
Zdenek Stadtherr
stunts (uncredited)
Wolfgang Stegemann
stunt performer (uncredited)
Levente Tamási
stunts (uncredited)
László Ujvári
stunts (uncredited)
György Ulrik
stunts (uncredited)
Ruda Vrba
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Timo Andert
second assistant camera
Reiner Bajo
still photographer
Mayer Bernd
key grip
Franco Bertone
electrician
Václav Cermak
gaffer
Sascha El Gendi
second assistant camera
Jürgen Hahn
camera operator / key grip
Harald Hauschildt
gaffer
Stefan Hiegemann
electrician
Jiri Horych
electrician
Michal Houzvicka
best boy grip
Andreas Hülzer
key grip
Emil Jevtic
best boy
Vladimir Kesl
HD camera wrangler
Kai Kirchhoff
electrician
Martin Mecko
camera trainee
Vlasta Plucar
electrician
Michael Praun
camera operator / steadicam operator
Michael Rathgeber
first assistant camera: "a" camera, Steadicam focus
Jan Rimský
electrician (as Rimsky Jan)
Christopher Rüttger
electrician
Stefan Schauerte
electrician
Benjamin Taye
electrician
Patrick Touffexis
electrician
Zdenek Vodvarka
best boy
Jakob von Lenthe
digital imaging technician
Bert Willer
digital imaging technician

Casting Department

Dan Adam
extras wrangler: Czech Republic (as Daniel Adam)
Gertrud Baier
casting: children
Jirí Hrstka
extras casting: Czech Republic
Martin Oktabec
extras coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Milena Andorová
tailor: Czech staff
Julia Ankenbrand
costume trainee
Andrea Baran
costume trainee
Manja Beneke
tailor
Julia Berend
costume trainee
Cora Borutta
tailor
Markus Brockhaus
costumer
Marie Charvatova
costume assistant: Czech staff (as Marie Charvátová)
Sylvie Choisnel
additiona textile artist: Czech staff
Jósef Ryszard Chybinski
tailor
Genowefa Daciuk
tailor
Jochen Eggert
additional costume fabricator: Stoffwerk
Miroslav Fantys
costume assistant: Czech staff
Monika Gebauer
assistant costume supervisor
Diana Güven
first assistant costume supervisor
Tanja Hauber
costumer
Zdenka Herciková
additional textile artist: Czech staff (as Zdenka Hercíková) / costume assistant: Czech staff (as Zdenka Hercíková)
Karolina Honsová
additional textile artist: Czech staff
Jan Hrusa
additional textile artist: Czech staff
Susann Huschka
costume trainee
Krystyna Jasinska
tailor
Barbara Jäger
costume supervisor
Jeannette Karnahl
tailor
Gabriele Keuneke
tailor
Krzystof Kloskowsky
additional costume fabricator: Hero Collection
Getrud Kobusch
costumer
Hana Kucerova
costume assistant: Czech staff (as Hanka Kucerová)
Kerstin Lehmann
tailor
Vera Mirová
costume supervisor: Czech staff (as Véra Mírová)
Patricie Palmer
costumer: Czech staff (as Patricie Soptenková)
Julianna Paprocka
tailor
Vanda Patlevicová
costumer: Czech staff
Krysyna Petrykowska
tailor
Petr Pluhar
costumer: Czech staff
Ladislav Procházka
costumer: Julien Boesselier
Susanne Püttmann
tailor
Ribanna Roder
tailor
Julia Schell
textile artist
Andre Schopf-Markov
assistant costume supervisor (as André Schopf-Markov)
Wanda Schramm
costume trainee
Martin Slaboch
costumer: Czech staff
Jana Smetanova
costumer: Czech staff (as Jana Smetanová)
Marek Sobor
tailor: Czech staff
Teenat Srichan
tailor
Martina Steiner
costume coordinator
Julia Strauss
tailor
Jitka Svecova
costumer: Czech staff (as Jitka Svecová)
Tomás Sýkora
tailor: Czech staff
Arnika Trautmann
assistant costume supervisor
Elene Trojanová
costumer: Czech staff (as Elena Trojanová)
Patrycja Walczak
head costume production: Poland (as Patricia Walczak)
Gabriele Walkau
tailor
Hedvika Weyertsová
costume department translator: Czech staff
Gillian Wood
textile artist
Sarka Zvolenska
costumer: Czech staff (as Sárka Zvolenská)

Editorial Department

Constantin Brodt
first assistant editor
Ana de Mier y Ortuño
assistant editor
Danny Salas
assistant editor

Location Management

Petra Bock-Hofbauer
location scout
Nick Hertwig
location scout
Frank Meter
location scout
Benno Pastewka
location scout
Christian Strang
location scout
Florian Augis
location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

Peter Adams
additional music arranger (as Pete Adams)
Mark Berrow
musician: violin
Jeffrey Biggers
additional music mixer (as Jeff Biggers)
Richard Bissill
musician: French horn
Stephen Coleman
orchestrator
Jack Dolman
music editor
Gavin Greenaway
conductor
Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor
Steven Kofsky
music production services
Peter Lale
musician: solo viola
Matthew Margeson
additional music arranger (as Matt Margerson)
Alan Meyerson
music mixer
Perry Montague-Mason
orchestra leader
Jens Quandt
composer: trailer - prerelease version
Adam Schmidt
assistant engineer
Noah Sorota
additional music arranger
Jill Streater
music preparation
Lucy Whalley
assistant orchestra contractor
Nick Wollage
music recordist
Ryland Angel
solo singer (uncredited)
Tony Blondal
orchestrator (uncredited)
Chris Clad
musician: violin (uncredited)
Alejandro de la Llosa
orchestrator (uncredited)
Lili Haydn
musician: violin (uncredited)
Aaron Kaplan
musician: guitar (uncredited)
Czarina Russell
music studio manager: Remote Control Productions (uncredited)
Allen Walley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White
musician: viola (uncredited)
Andrew Zack
score coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department

Sascha Graetz
production driver
Jiri Husak
transportation coordinator: Czech Republic
Ondrej Modry
transportation
Ralf Pitzius
production driver
Edmund Stolle
property driver
Pavel Voracek
transportation captain

Additional Crew

Uli Adomat
chief production accountant
Andy Arndt
dancer
Johanna Baak
dancer
Gertrud Baier
making-of
Lukas Baier
making-of
Yasmin Celikkan
dancer
Sandor Czirjak
horse master
Oliver Detelich
dancer
Katrin Ewerlin
assistant to executive producer
Nicole Front
translator
Romana Hajkova
horse master
Silvie Janculová
production coordinator
Vladimir Kesl
computer technician
Ines Kolbe
office production assistant
Katharina Kostka
dancer
Veronika Lencova
accommodation coordinator
Arthur Lill
dancer
Tereza Mandic Listikova
assistant production coordinator
Pavel Myslik
horse master
Eva Nietschová
production accountant
Charles Osborn
translator
Eva-Maria Pilling
assistant to executive producer
Roland Raymond
translator
Oliver Rebling
production accountant assistant
Uschi Rohwedder
production coordinator
Maren Rosengarten
production secretary
Isabelle Rune
dancer
Roshanak Samani-Edrissanadi
dancer
Javier Sanchez
dancer
Rebecca Schröder
studio/facility coordinator (as Rebecca Schroeder)
Andreas Schumann
production accountant
Katerina Soptenkova
a/p assistant
Roman Spacil
sword master
Jan Vandenhaute
dancer
Wolfgang W. Werner
press relations
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