| Director: | Roland Emmerich |
| Assistant director: | Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner |
| Dialogue editor: | Michael Hermes (Synchron-Regie), Wolfgang Hess |
| Script supervisor: | Tina Maria Krüger |
| Screenplay: | Roland Emmerich, Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner |
| Story: | Roland Emmerich |
| Director of photography: | Egon Werdin |
| Assistant camera: | Tomas J. Blazek, Reinhard Köcher, Robert Kögel |
| 2nd Camera unit: | Roland Emmerich, Tomas J. Blazek |
| Optical effects: | Herbert Umbrecht, Armin Lange, Frank Schlegel, Rolf Giesen (Beratung) |
| Still photography: | Stefan Döberl, Angelika Hobl, Wolfgang Kling |
| Lighting design: | Rainer Pfister, Günther Bauer |
| Production design: | Holger Schmidt |
| Set design: | Sonja B. Zimmer, Marc Hug (Assistenz) |
| Set construction: | Norbert Brunsch, Joachim Grüninger, Mark Habison, Wolfram Popp (Architekt), Ralph Hengherr (Architekt), Magnus Krüger (Architekt) |
| Sculptor: | Holger Schmidt (Modelle), Hans J. Haller (Modelle), Károly Pákozdy (Modelle) |
| Prop master: | Sonja B. Zimmer |
| Construction manager: | Siegbert Krattzki, Bernd Wiese, Benjamin von Mallinckrodt, Peter Huschka |
| Title: | Michael Wagner |
| Animation: | Helga Thamm, Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Uli Gleis, Bernhard Menges, Armin Lange |
| Costume design: | Marina Schirrmacher |
| Make-up artist: | Susanne Schickert, Johanna von Gostkowski |
| Editing: | Tomy Wigand |
| Assistant editor: | Birgit Klingl, Martina Cloos, Edith Eisenstecken |
| Sound editor: | Brigitte Fritsche |
| Sound design: | Hubert Bartholomae |
| Sound: | Jens Hasler |
| Sound assistant: | Jean-Pierre Roueche |
| Foley artist: | Bettina Bayerl, Barbara Becker, Susanne Eichhammer |
| Audio mixing: | Milan Bor |
| Special effects: | Hubert Bartholomae, Roland Emmerich, Joachim Grüninger (Tricks) |
| Music: | Hubert Bartholomae |
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| Cast: | |
| Joshua Morrell | Joey |
| Eva Kryll | Laura |
| Tammy Shields | Sally |
| Jan Zierold | Martin |
| Barbara Klein | Dr. Haiden |
| Matthias Kraus | Bernie |
| Jerry Hall | William |
| Sean Johnson | Bobby |
| Christine Goebbels | Alice |
| Ray Kaselonis Jr. | Steven |
| Christoph Lindert | Sheriff |
| Axel Berg | Ralph |
| Linda Carroll | Jessica |
| Christian Claaszen | Peter Collins |
| Chaplan Brown | Pfarrer |
| Bernd Limbacher | Polizeioffizier |
| Beritt Morrell | |
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| Production company: | Centropolis Filmproduktion (Sindelfingen), Pro-ject Filmproduktion im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH (München), Bioskop-Film GmbH (München), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) |
| Producer: | Hans Emmerich |
| Co-Producer: | Roland Emmerich, Alena Rimbach |
| Producer (TV): | Willi Segler |
| Unit production manager: | Klaus Dittrich |
| Location manager: | Peter Huschka |
| Shoot: | 26.07.1984-12.11.1984: Landkreis Böblingen, Newport (Virginia) |
| Original distributor: | Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG (München) |
| Original video distributor: | VCL/Virgin Communications GmbH (München) |
| Funding: | Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin) |
| Length: | 2683 m, 98 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:2,35 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.11.1985, 56015, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | TV-Erstsendung (DE): 16.05.1988, ZDF |
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