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Rapid Eye Movies
German release Sep 9, 2004


35mm • colour • 85 min • 1:1,85 • Dolby SRD • Original language: English
 
a PANDORA FILM (Köln) production


in co-production with
PALOMAR (Rome)
CLUBDEAL (London)
DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION (Zürich)
PARADIS FILM (Paris)
MOTEL FILMS (Amsterdam)
WESTDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK (Köln)
SF DRS/ SRG SSR idée suisse (Zürich)

world sales


supported by
FILMSTIFTUNG NRW
FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG
DUTCH FILM FUND
FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT
MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

   
cast
angela CHLOÉ WINKEL
yamamoto JON YANG
rachel REBECCA PALMER
monika TUVA NOVOTNY
polly TARA ELDERS
ella LINDA STEINHOFF
kruilman FILIP PEETERS
oshima TOGO IGAWA
Larissa PEGGY-JANE DE SCHEPPER
Scotty ALAN WESTAWAY
and BURT KWOUK as "Papa-san"
   
crew
written & directed by M.X. OBERG
produced by CHRISTOPH FRIEDEL
KARL BAUMGARTNER
line producer CLAUDIA STEFFEN
editor PETER ALDERLIESTEN
director of photography MICHAEL MIEKE
production designer PETRA BARCHI
comics ANN-KATHRIN OTTO
casting PIA MARAIS
music NILS PETTER MOLVAER
costumes FUHR
make-up & hair LAURA SCHIAVO-LOZ
sound designer HERMAN PIEËTE
re-recording mixer BRUNO TARRIÈRE
co-producers ANDREA HANKE
CARLO DEGLI ESPOSTI
PIERRE SPENGLER
SAMIR
JEROEN BEKER
MARC SILLAM
   
www.stratospheregirl.com
   
production service japan
EUROSPACE INC.
associate producer KENZO HORIKOSHI
production co-ordinator ATSUKO OHNO
   
dialogue coach PIA MARAIS
   
unit production manager OLAF LEHMANN
1st assistant director JON OLDER
production co-ordinator JOCHEN FELTHAUS
   
art director TIM PANNEN
props master ULI TEGETMEIER
set decorator DANIEL KOLAROV
construction manager KLAUS RUDAT
   
additional cast
Ingrid METTE-LOUISE HOLLAND
Tanya MONIKA STRZELCZYK
Russian Girl OONA SPENGLER
Mama-San AKEMI OTANI
Angela's Mother MANUELA SERVAIS
Neighbour GISELA BERK
Japanese Club Guests YUKI IWAMOTO
EIJI KUSHARA
TAKUYA MATSUMOTO
RYOZO KOHIRA
Hostesses FAY SUSAN HARTREY
VALERIE HAMER
JULIA HAMER
VERENA MUNDHENKE
JANA PHILOMENA MEISTER
Kruilman's Men KINGGAN XINGAN
EERDUNGNENGKE
UURTSAIKH
Neighbours FAM. SOLONGGOD
Schoolfriend MAXIMILIAN VOLLMER
   
stunt co-ordinator ERNST REIMANN
stunt drivers HIDEMI SATO
MIYO NANO
   
financial controller RAINER TEUSNER
production accountant ULRIKE BOJAHR
production lawyer RA. TILL NEUMANN
production executive Dschoint Ventschr VALENTIN GREUTERT
   
continuity supervisor ANNE LENSING
2nd assistant director MARIOS HAMBOULIDES
VAUGHAN WATKINS
3rd assistant director ANNA LESSMANN
   
production office co-ordinator JASMIN HARDT
production assistant SUZIE LEBRUN
assistant to producers CAMELIJA KARLIC
location assistant ANJA BECKER
assistant accountant ILONA STUKE
accounts dept. trainee ALEXA SCHEIDGEN
production trainee MARC SCHAUMBURG
set runner BRITTA BUTZMÜHLEN
CHRISTIAN PLENKERT
unit drivers MARTIN HARTMANN
JOCHEN BEHLE
   
focus puller CLAUDIA SCHNOOR
clapper/ loader HELEN SABATZKI
video assistant SEBASTIAN FRÖHLICH
   
sound recordist MAURICE HILLIER
boom operator GRAHAM SMITH
   
gaffer BJÖRN SUSEN
key grip KLAUS WITT
best boy BEDA MULZER
electricians ALEXANDER JUNG
BERND FELDER
electrician assistant SASCHA VOGEL
grip assistant JENS BRENDEL
electrician daily OLIVER KÜHNE
   
stand-by props KERSTIN KRÖTZ
assistant props master CHRISTIANE SCHMID
props driver MICHAEL KALDEN
art department assistant TANJA FELDRAPPE
art department trainees DZIFA PETERS
MICHAEL WIRTH
NOLA BUNKE
HELLA MARIA STICHLMAIR
language supervisor NINAKO TAKEUCHI
set dresser daily SONJA MAZUREK
graphics DONNA HANISCH
computer & video technicians WOLFRAM KOCH (cine01)
NICO RÖPNACK
technical drawings THOMAS KAISER
SFX supervisor WOLFGANG SCHIEBEL (cologne fx)
   
construction carpenters MARC KAMERUN
THOMAS BARTSCH
JOACHIM WEGMANN
MICHAEL RHODES
painters LUDMILLA LANDWEHR
GABY MOCAËR
STEFAN BRANCA
LAIF SIEMER
stand-by construction SÖREN KÖRBER
   
assistant costume designer BETTINA SEIFERT
wardrobes IMKE WALTER
ANE BREMER
costume dept. trainee PETRA NUCK
kimono dresser JULIA ALTMANN
wardrobe daily CHRISTA OTTERSTÄTTER
   
make-up & hair artist KONNIE DANIEL
make-up & hair assistant SYBILLE RIDDER
make-up dept. trainee SILVIA DÖRR
   
acting coaches
PETER MUSTAFA DANIELS
ELISABETH CLARKE-HASTERS
casting assistant ANNA LESSMANN
japan. extras co-ordinator OLAF LEHMANN
DR. HURCABAATUR SOLONGGOD
script translators CRESSIDA JOYCE
GÉRALDINE BAJARD
JONATHAN GAINER
   
stills photographer TOM TRAMBOW
making-of by UWE FLADE
   
japan unit
production manager AKIRA YAMAMOTO
2nd 2nd assistant director MASAYUKI TANIGUCHI
3rd assistant director TAKASHI INOUE
extras casting TSUYOSHI SUGINO
location manager MIYUKI TANAKA
production staff TOSHIKI KOMATSU
YUKIHIRO HITARA
MASANORI SAKAI
production trainee JUNJI YUKIHIRA
interpreter SHUNSUKE SUGANUMA
   
best boy/ electrician TAKASHI ITABASHI
grip TSUNEYUKI AIKOU
electrician MITSUGU YAGUCHI
stab-c operators SHOICHI MAWATARI
DAIGO HOSONO
camera car NORIYUKI SAKAI
boom operator SHIGEO NAGAI
   
art department consultant TOSHIHIRO ISOMI
art director ETSUKO YOSHIDA
props assistants TASUYA AMANO
NINAKO TAKEUCHI
construction TOMOYUKI TAKAGI
wardrobe HIROKO MIYATO
make-up & hair artist MARIKO HONDA
   
stills photographer JUNICHI OHNO
unit drivers YUKINORI KANEKO
HIROAKI KAWABATA
MASAYUKI SUZUKI
TAKAHIRO TAKETOMI
TSUYOSHI HASHIKAWA
   
postproduction
assembly editor BARBARA HOFFMANN
post-production supervisor JOCHEN FELTHAUS
   
sound editors GIEL VAN GELOVEN
MAAIKE DE VRIES
foley artist STAN FIFERMAN
sound post co-ordinator PETER WARNIER
re-recording assistant MATTHIEU COX
   
negative cutter ANKE PETERMANN
colour grader MANFRED HANSEN
opticals & titles ROLAND NETHE
   
special thanks to
MICHAEL SCHMID-OSPACH
GEBHARD HENKE
ARNO FÜSER & STEPHAN HOPFSTOCK
   
we would like to thank
BIOPLAST AQUARISTIK GERMANY
for the technical consulting and construction of the aquariums.
   
art department supported by
Aisco Brandschutz
H.A. Gesink, Art + Deko
Astor, Chicogo by Rimmel London
Authentics GmbH
Baier & Schneider
Bitburger Brauerei
Carlsen Comics
Case Logic Vertrieb, Berlin
Casio Europe
Champagne Pommery
Edding International
Efie Spielwaren
Ehapa Egmont Verlag
Electrolux
Elevator DJ- Mailorder
Esquire Lederwaren
Fila Deutschland
H.Schmincke & Co, Feinste Künstlerfarben
HTF Transport Logistic
Import Vertrieb RHD
Japan Airlines
Knirps R, Solingen, www.knirps.de
Kompakt
Kone Aufzüge und Rolltreppen
Künstlerpinsel Zahn
Kyocera Fineceramics
Letraset Limited
Miyabi, schönes aus japan
Montblanc Kugelschreiber
Museum Alexander König Bonn
music store professional
Optik Lauscha
Ostasiat. Seminar Universität Köln
Otto Bock Health care
Pernod Ricard Deutschland
Picard Lederwaren
pms & w kommunikation
Rahm Orthopädie und Rehatechnik
Rowohlt Verlag
Saarpor-Decosa Deckenplatten
Schleicher & Schuell
Schwan Stabilo Germany
Sigma
The Body Shop GmbH
Tullamore Dew
VF Germany Textil Handel
Welkes Megapet
Zippo Koziol, ideas for friends
Zoo & Co
   
costumes supported by
Beiwerk
Bijou Brigitte modische Accessoires
Cerrutti
Chanel
Gruppo La Perla
Hugo Boss
W.&L.T.
More & More
Oui Gruppe
Miss Sixty
Wolford
   
make-up supported by
L'Oréal Paris
   
the production would like to thank
BARBARA MORGENSTERN,
THESSA MOOIJ, KRIS VINCK,
Internationale Forschungsgesellschaft zur Kultur und Wirtschaft der Ordos-Mongolen OMS e.V.,
Hotel Roemerhafen Köln, Goethe Institut London & Amsterdam

Japan Airlines, Hotel Mets Shibuya Tokyo,
Tokyo Location Box, Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Sekaido Co., Manga Tantei Dan, Bar Tokyo, Nakau Co., UPS Tokyo, Layup, NTT East, Hotel P&A Plaza, Futique Management, Raku Film
   
Original soundtrack written, composed and produced by
NILS PETTER MOLVAER
   
music sound engineer & mixer REIDAR SKAAR
NILS PETTER MOLVAER
music engineered and mixed at SEVENTH FLOOR STUDIO
published by MOLVAER MUSIC A/S
thanks to TIM PRIOR
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW
   
additional songs
   
"FOR THE DAMAGED CODA"
written & composed by
BLONDE REDHEAD
© Touch and Go Records
thanks to ED ROCHE

"LIGOTAGE (INCUNABULA MIX)"
written & produced by
NILS PETTER MOLVAER for Molvaer Music
mix translation, additional production sound & instruments by
BILL LASWELL
engineered by
ROBERT MUSSO
published by
Molvaer Music A/S

"LIKE A VIRGIN"
words & music by
BILLY STEINBERG, TOM KELLY
published by
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
courtesy of
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH
thanks to BETTINA BRITZ
"YOU"
words & music by
NIELS HERMES, TON GROEN
published by
Sony/ATV Music Publishing BV
courtesy of
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH
thanks to BETTINA BRITZ
"I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER"
"LET'S FLY AWAY"
"FROM A DISTANCE"
"BELONGING TO YOU"
words & music by
NILS IMHORST, JOCHEN FELTHAUS
© 2003
   
karaoke songs performed by SUZIE LEBRUN
YUKI IWAMOTO
METTE-LOUISE HOLLAND
MANO HIROKI
MORITA NORIMASA
 
service
MMC studio management
DR. GEREON SOMMERSHÄUSER
PETRA EFFINGER
BASTI GRIESE
catering FRAPPANT
camera, lighting, grip equipment CINEGATE
raw stock FUJI KINE
hair accessories LONDON WIG COMPANY
fish supplier DIRK MOUVET AQUARISTIK
travel agency PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL
equipment transport/ couriers LEDL FILMSERVICE
HANSHIN AIR CARGO
NIPPON EXPRESS
   
production bank DRESDNER BANK KÖLN
auditors MALDE & CO.
production insurance

insurance administrator
FRANK HÜBNER CONSULTING
SRC INSURANCE
SAMIA MAINZ
   
laboratory GEYER KOPIERWERK KÖLN
ATLANTIK FILMKOPIERWERK
editing suite CUT COMPANY
sound editing & recording studio WARNIER STUDIO AMSTERDAM
re-recording mixing studio 2 REELS
end title roller TRICKSTUDIO LUTTERBECK
screening room KÖLNER FILMHAUS
 
NO BLONDES WERE HARMED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS MOTION PICTURE.
filmed on location in TOKYO (Japan) and KÖLN (Germany)
and at MAGIC MEDIA COMPANY studios Köln
This motion picture is protected under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and other countries. Any unauthorized exhibition, distribution, or reproduction of this motion picture or videotape or any part thereof (including soundtrack) may result in severe civil and criminal penalties
A Germany-United Kingdom-France-Switzerland-Italy Co-Production
© 2003, PANDORA FILM Produktion GmbH
all rights reserved

 

 



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