Ein Hologramm für den König (2016)
Der 54-jährige Vertriebsmanager Alan Clay soll in Saudi-Arabien dem König Abdullah ein holografisches Telefonkonferenzsystem verkaufen. Seine Perspektiven haben sich nach der Finanzkrise und nach seinen persönlichen Krisen mit gescheiterter Ehe, weit unter Wert verkauftem Haus und fragwürdigen Outsorcing-Geschäften als Manager beim Fahrradhersteller Schwinn dramatisch reduziert. Zusätzlich zu diesen Problemen wird er vom Jetlag, einer Zyste am Rücken und Alkoholmissbrauch geplagt. Während des tagelangen Wartens auf Termine mit Geschäftspartnern lernt er seinen Fahrer Yousef und die schöne Ärztin Dr. Zahra Hakeem kennen. Beeindruckt von diesen Begegnungen und unter dem Einfluss der neuen kulturellen Eindrücke wird das Treffen mit dem König immer mehr zur Nebensache für Alan.
Der Regisseur:
Tom Tykwer
Der Autor:
Tom Tykwer
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Tom Hanks as Alan Clay |
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Sarita Choudhury as Dr. Zahra Hakeem |
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Sidse Babett Knudsen as Hanne |
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Ben Whishaw as Dave |
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Tom Skerritt as Ron Clay |
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Tracey Fairaway as Kitty Clay |
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David Menkin as Brad |
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Omar Elba as Yousef |
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Jane Perry as Ruby Clay |
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Amira El Sayed as Maha |
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Christy Meyer as Cayley |
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Khalid Laith as Karim Al-Ahmad |
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Jon Donahue as Ted |
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Michael Baral as Young Ron |
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Lewis Rainer as Young Alan |
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Megan Maczko as Rachel |
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Eric Meyers as Eric Randall |
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Waleed Elgadi as Sayad |
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Zaydun Khalaf as Mohammed |
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Jay Abdo as Dr. Haddad |
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Atheer Adel as Prince Jalawi |
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Dhafer L'Abidine as Hasan |
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Xara Eich as Young Kit |
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Alexander Molkenthin as Kid Alan |
| Directing | Tom Tykwer | Director |
| Writing | Tom Tykwer | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Costume Design |
| Production | Tim O'Hair | Producer |
| Production | Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Production | Stefan Arndt | Producer |
| Camera | Frank Griebe | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tom Tykwer | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Uli Hanisch | Production Design |
| Production | Uwe Schott | Producer |
| Production | Gaby Kester | Casting |
| Production | Gary Goetzman | Producer |
| Sound | Johnny Klimek | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dave Eggers | Novel |
| Production | Arcadiy Golubovich | Producer |
| Editing | Alexander Berner | Editor |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Oriol Nogues | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Claudio Magrini | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Kai Koch | Supervising Art Director |
| Camera | Tom Trambow | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jan Hinrich Hoffmann | Underwater Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heike Merker | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | David Salamon | CG Supervisor |
| Art | Abdellah Baadil | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Conrad Tambour | Animation |
| Production | Alan Scott Neal | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Aladin Hasic | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Camera | Sifeddine El Amine | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bettina Seifert | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Dominik Trimborn | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | Helmut Prein | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Benjamin Swiczinsky | Animation |
| Camera | Lotfi El Gorda | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Frédéric Batier | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Dietmar Haupt | Rigging Gaffer |
| Art | Marco Trentini | Art Direction |
| Art | Daniel Chour | Art Direction |
| Art | Redouane Nasserdine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Marcus Pohlus | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Spengler | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kempkens-Odemski | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Noureddine Aberdine | Casting |
| Art | Abdellah Baadil | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Steve Little | ADR & Dubbing |
| Sound | Markus Stemler | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Christian Almesberger | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Amine Boudour | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heike Merker | Makeup Department Head |
| Visual Effects | Johannes Schiehsl | Animation |
| Art | Niklas Schmidt | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeth Martirena | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Sven Hübner | Armorer |
| Visual Effects | Robert Pinnow | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel Parker | Makeup Designer |
| Crew | Christopher Chaber | Visual Effects Editor |
| Editing | Manuel Scholz | First Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Robert Aldag | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Sound | Frank Kruse | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Mounir Saguia | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Nina Knott | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Rene Grasser | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Laura Bach | Set Designer |
| Production | Gastón Pavlovich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Roland Winke | Sound |
| Production | Steven Shareshian | Executive Producer |
| Production | Claudia Bluemhuber | Executive Producer |
| Production | Irene Gall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gero Bauknecht | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jim Seibel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bill Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shervin Pishevar | Executive Producer |
| Production | Karim Debbagh | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Dreher | Co-Producer |