The Cut (2014)
Mardin, 1915: Eines Nachts treibt die türkische Gendarmerie alle armenischen Männer zusammen. Auch der junge Schmied Nazaret Manoogian wird von seiner Familie getrennt. Nachdem es ihm gelingt, den Horror des Völkermordes zu überleben, erreicht ihn Jahre später die Nachricht, dass auch seine Zwillingstöchter am Leben sind. Besessen von dem Gedanken, sie wiederzufinden, folgt er ihren Spuren. Sie führen ihn von den Wüsten Mesopotamiens über Havanna bis in die kargen, einsamen Prärien North Dakotas. Auf seiner Odyssee begegnet er den unterschiedlichsten Menschen: engelsgleichen und gütigen Charakteren, aber auch dem Teufel in Menschengestalt.
Der Regisseur:
Fatih Akin
Die Autor:
Fatih Akin, Mardik Martin.
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Tahar Rahim as Nazaret Manoogian |
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Simon Abkarian as Krikor |
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Makram J. Khoury as Omar Nasreddin |
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Hindi Zahra as Rakel |
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Kevork Malikyan as Hagob Nakashian |
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Bartu Küçükçağlayan as Mehmet |
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Zein Fakhoury as Young Arsinée |
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Dina Fakhoury as Young Lucinée |
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Trine Dyrholm as Orphanage Headmistress |
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Arsinée Khanjian as Frau Nakashian |
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Akin Gazi as Hrant |
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Arevik Martirosyan as Ani |
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Moritz Bleibtreu as Peter Edelman |
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Adam Bousdoukos as Priest in Caravan |
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George Georgiou as Vahan |
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Lara Heller as Lucinée & Arsinée Manoogian (Adult) |
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Katerina Poladjan as Magdalena |
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Michael S. Ruscheinsky as Henry, Minneapolis Man |
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Artur Sorokin as Railroad Worker |
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Numan Acar as Alpasan leader of Deserters (uncredited) |
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Korkmaz Arslan as Leader of Mercenaries (uncredited) |
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Önder Çakar as Governor's Assistant (uncredited) |
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Yasar Cetin as Turkish Gendarm (uncredited) |
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Badasar Colbiyik as Arman (uncredited) |
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Grace Dove as Emma (uncredited) |
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Andrea Hessayon as Mrs. Balakian (uncredited) |
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Rozet Hubeş as Soap Factory Woman |
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Joel Jackshaw as Tom (uncredited) |
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John Keogh as Hobo (uncredited) |
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Feridun Koç as Dursun (uncredited) |
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Dustin MacDougall as Henry (uncredited) |
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Anna Savva as Mrs. Krikorian (uncredited) |
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Aysan Sümercan as Elderly Woman in Soap Factory (uncredited) |
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Josephine Welcome as Armenian Grandma (uncredited) |
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Patrycia Ziolkowska as Sick Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fatih Akin | Director |
| Production | Fatih Akin | Producer |
| Sound | Alexander Hacke | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Reinhard Brundig | Producer |
| Writing | Fatih Akin | Screenplay |
| Camera | Rainer Klausmann | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Mardik Martin | Screenplay |
| Production | Karl Baumgartner | Producer |
| Crew | Ronnie Paul | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Andrew Bird | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Juri Stanossek | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Roland Langschwert | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Schembri Grima | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katrin Aschendorf | Costume Design |
| Crew | Adrian Young | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sleiman Tadros | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sabine Schumann | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Lucas Seeberger | Sound Editor |
| Art | Frank Bollinger | Art Direction |
| Production | Béatrice Kruger | Casting |
| Art | Ian Duncan | Painter |
| Production | Adel Akkad | Casting Coordinator |
| Art | Nenad Pečur | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Scicluna | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Elaine Ford | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maren Meyer | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Paul McCulloch | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jonathan Acbard | Boom Operator |
| Art | Charlo Dalli | Art Direction |
| Production | Ali Betil | Associate Producer |
| Production | Арам Мовсесян | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ewa Puszczyńska | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Thomas Hacikoglu | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ron Webber | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Hanse Warns | Foley Mixer |
| Art | Alain Ortiz | Art Direction |
| Production | Ali Akdeniz | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Johannes Kümmel | 3D Animator |
| Crew | Jonas Kluger | Visual Effects Editor |
| Production | Рубен Дишдишян | Co-Producer |
| Production | Francis Boespflug | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alberto Fanni | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stéphane Parthenay | Executive Co-Producer |
| Production | Laurette Bourassa | Co-Producer |
| Production | Flaminio Zadra | Executive Producer |
| Production | Piotr Dzięcioł | Co-Producer |
| Production | Fabienne Vonier | Co-Producer |
| Production | Valerio De Paolis | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nurhan Şekerci-Porst | Executive Producer |
| Production | Doug Steeden | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Pokromski | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Çiğdem Aksüt | Casting |