Shooting Dogs (2006)
Fliehen oder bleiben - vor dieser Frage stehen Pater Michael Thomas und sein junger Lehrerkollege Joe Connor. Die beiden leiten eine Missionsschule in Afrika und werden Zeugen der Ereignisse, welche das Land nach dem 6. April 1994 - nach der Ermordung des Präsidenten von Ruanda - in grosse Aufruhr versetzen. Unzählige Tutsi werden von den radikalen Hutu verfolgt und ermordet. Mittendrin steht die kleine Schule, die zum Zufluchtsort der Tutsi wird. Die beiden Europäer setzen sich, als selbst die UN nicht mehr handelt, vom eigenen Idealismus angetrieben, persönlich mit allen Kräften für die Verfolgten ein. Sie müssen aber bald einsehen, dass sie machtlos sind. Sollen sie ihr eigenes Leben aufs Spiel setzen, um die Gewalt abzuwehren?
Der Regisseur:
Michael Caton-Jones
Der Autor:
David Wolstencroft
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John Hurt as Christopher |
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Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor |
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Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon |
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Nicola Walker as Rachel |
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David Gyasi as François |
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Steve Toussaint as Roland |
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Clare-Hope Ashitey as Marie |
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Susan Nalwoga as Edda |
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Victor Power as Julius |
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Victor Power as Mark |
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Musa Kasonka Jr. as Boniface |
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Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira as Pierre |
| Production | Ruth Caleb | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Ivan Strasburg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Rosie Straker | Sound Designer |
| Production | Anja Dihrberg | Casting |
| Sound | Dario Marianelli | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Richard Alwyn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paul Trijbits | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Christian Lonk | Editor |
| Directing | Michael Caton-Jones | Director |
| Production | David Belton | Producer |
| Writing | David Wolstencroft | Screenplay |
| Production | Pippa Cross | Producer |
| Production | Jens Meurer | Producer |
| Art | Bertram Strauß | Production Design |
| Writing | Richard Alwyn | Idea |
| Writing | David Belton | Idea |
| Production | David M. Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Karen Lindsay-Stewart | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dinah Collin | Costume Design |
| Art | Dagmar Wessel | Set Decoration |
| Art | Astrid Sieben | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Cinamula | Set Dresser |
| Lighting | Micky Reeves | Gaffer |
| Production | Louis Elman | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Sylvie Brocheré | Casting |
| Camera | Gordon Segrove | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Carolyn McLeod | Casting Assistant |
| Art | Jean De La Paix Hategekimana | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Himani Dehlvi | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Claudine Murenzi | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Rolf Rosendahl | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Chris Gurney | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Hanse Warns | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Pat Rambaut | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Eddy Munyabarenzi | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Daniel Iribarren | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Frank Kruse | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Hassan Munyemana | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Grundy | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Sound | Alison Wright | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Kai Schoormann | Foley Editor |
| Production | Abigail Barbier | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sound | Maggie Rodford | Music Supervisor |