Wüstenblume

Deutschland / Österreich / Frankreich 2008/2009, Spielfilm

Quelle: Majestic, DIF, © Majestic, Foto: Walter Wehner

Szene mit Liya Kebede (Mitte)

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Synopsis

Desert Flower

When Waris Dirie′s Desert Flower appeared in 1998, the world was shocked. The former supermodel tells her breathtaking life story, describing her incredible journey from a nomadic life in the deserts of Somalia to the world′s most famous catwalks. This was a dream and a nightmare at the same time. In New York, at the peak of her career, she tells in an interview of the practice of circumcision that she had to suffer when she was five. Waris Dirie decides to end her life as a model and dedicate her life to fighting this archaic ritual.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

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Credits

Director:	Sherry Horman
Screenplay:	Waris Dirie, Sherry Horman
Director of photography:	Ken Kelsch
Editing:	Clara Fabry
Music:	Martin Todsharow

Cast:
Liya Kebede	Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins	Marylin
Timothy Spall	Donaldson
Craig Parkinson	Neil
Meera Syal	Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie	Harold
Juliet Stevenson	Lucinda
Soraya Omar-Scego	Waris, 12-jährig
Chris Wilson	Botschafts Aufseher
Eliezer Meyer	Europäer
Teresa Churcher	Schwester Anne
Nick Raio	LKW Fahrer
Matt Kaufman	Burger Bar Manager
Prashant Jaiswal	Kami
Robert Robalino	Cafe Besitzer

Production company:	Desert Flower Filmproductions GmbH (München)
Producer:	Peter Herrmann

All Credits

Director:	Sherry Horman
Creative supervisor:	Sherry Horman (Art Director)
Assistant director:	Jochen Gosch
Assistant director:	Jan Bernotat
Screenplay:	Waris Dirie, Sherry Horman
based on:	Waris Dirie (Autobiografie)
Director of photography:	Ken Kelsch
Still photography:	Walter Wehner
Lighting design:	William Louthe
Set design:	Jamie Leonard (Szenenbild), Matthias Klemme
Costume design:	Gabriele Binder
Make-up artist:	Stefanie Birrenbach, Michele Thevenet, Jenny Retzlaff
Editing:	Clara Fabry
Assistant editor:	Caroline Biesenbach
Sound editor:	Stephan Colli
Dubbing editor:	Micki Joanni
Foley artist:	Wilmont Schulze
Audio mixing:	Falk Möller
Music:	Martin Todsharow

Cast:
Liya Kebede	Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins	Marylin
Timothy Spall	Donaldson
Craig Parkinson	Neil
Meera Syal	Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie	Harold
Juliet Stevenson	Lucinda
Soraya Omar-Scego	Waris, 12-jährig
Chris Wilson	Botschafts Aufseher
Eliezer Meyer	Europäer
Teresa Churcher	Schwester Anne
Nick Raio	LKW Fahrer
Matt Kaufman	Burger Bar Manager
Prashant Jaiswal	Kami
Robert Robalino	Cafe Besitzer

Production company:	Desert Flower Filmproductions GmbH (München)
in co-production with:	Majestic Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin), MTM West Television & Film GmbH (Köln), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München), ARD Degeto Film (Frankfurt am Main), Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduktion (Berlin), DOR Film Produktionsgesellschaft mbH (Wien), BAC Films S.A. (Paris), BSI International Invest (Hamburg)
in association with:	Backup Films (FR)
Producer:	Peter Herrmann
Co-Producer:	Roch Lener, Barbara Seiller, Til Schweiger, Hubert von Spreti, Barbara Seiller, Hans Wolfgang Jurgan, Waris Dirie, Bettina Reitz
Producer:	Susann Willmore (BSI)
Line producer:	Gerhard Hegele
Associate producer:	Sigrid Narjes, Peter Heilrath
Unit production manager:	Beth Sanders, Erica Bensly
Shoot:	29.03.2008-25.07.2008: Kenia, London, New York, Berlin, NRW
Original distributor:	Majestic Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)
Funding:	Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBBB) (Potsdam), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München), Österreichisches Filminstitut (ÖFI), Wien, Filmfonds Wien (Wien), ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen (Wien), Eurimages (Brüssel)
Length:	3539 m, 129 min
Format:	35mm, 1:1,85
Picture/Sound:	Farbe, Dolby Digital
Rating:	FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.09.2009, 118565, ab 12 Jahre/feiertagsfrei
Screening:	Uraufführung (IT): 05.09.2009, Venedig, IFF; Kinostart (DE): 24.09.2009

Titles

Originaltitel (DE AT) Wüstenblume

Weiterer Titel (GB) Desert Flower

Versions

Original
Length:	3539 m, 129 min
Format:	35mm, 1:1,85
Picture/Sound:	Farbe, Dolby Digital
Rating:	FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.09.2009, 118565, ab 12 Jahre/feiertagsfrei
Screening:	Uraufführung (IT): 05.09.2009, Venedig, IFF; Kinostart (DE): 24.09.2009