Sara Mardini - Gegen den Strom (2023)
The documentary begins when the fictionalized drama ends. Sara spent three years volunteering to save refugees on the same journey that made her so famous, and was suddenly arrested in Aug. 2018, accused by Greek authorities of running a criminal enterprise with charges including “international espionage and people smuggling.” If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison and the end of her humanitarian career. Shot over three years, the film follows Sara’s fight for justice and journey of self-discovery.
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Sara Mardini as Self |
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Matteo Salvini as Self (archive footage) |
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Carola Rackete as Self (archive footage) |
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Seán Binder as Self |
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Yusra Mardini as Self |
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Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) |
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Viktor Orbán as Self (archive footage) |
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Enissa Amani as Self (archive footage) |
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Kelly T. Clements as Self (archive footage) |
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Haris Petsikos as Self |
| Production | Antje Boehmert | Producer |
| Camera | Zamarin Wahdat | Director of Photography |
| Production | Daniel Druhora | Producer |
| Production | Anna von Dziembowska | Producer |
| Production | Drake Burnette | Producer |
| Sound | Greg Oke | Sound |
| Sound | K River | Music |
| Sound | Leopold Faerberboeck | Music |
| Sound | Laurens von Oswald | Music |
| Editing | Franziska von Berlepsch | Editor |
| Sound | Patrick Dadaczynski | Sound |