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Baghdad In My Shadow

Schweiz Deutschland Großbritannien 2017/2018 Spielfilm

Café 'Abu Nawas' is a popular meeting place for exiled Iraqis in London. There, a failed writer, a missing wife and a clandestine gay IT-specialist meet a fanatical religious youth, the writer’s nephew. Incited by a radical Islamist preacher, he turns against his uncle and a dramatic showdown takes place.

Source: 53. Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2019

Credits

Director

  • Samir

Screenplay

  • Samir
  • Furat al Jamil

Director of photography

  • Ngo The Chau

Editing

  • Jann Anderegg

Music

  • Walter Mair
  • Tom Linden

Cast

  • Haytham Abdulrazaq
    Taufiq
  • Zahraa Ghandour
    Amal
  • Waseem Abbas
    Muhannad
  • Shervin Alenabi
    Nasseer
  • Maxim Mehmet
    Sven
  • Kae Bahar
    Zeki
  • Taro Bahar
    Aro
  • Ali Daim Maliki
    Ahmed
  • Meriam Abbas
    Maha
  • Awatif Naeem
    Samira

Production company

  • Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG (Zürich)

Producer

  • Joël Jent (Dschoint Ventschr)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Samir

Assistant director

  • Florian Engelhardt

Screenplay

  • Samir
  • Furat al Jamil

Dialogue

  • Sinan Antoon

Director of photography

  • Ngo The Chau

Assistant camera

  • Tim Rosenbohm

Still photography

  • Martin Menke

Lighting design

  • Raphael Toel

Key grip

  • Ingo Hilden

Production design

  • Fabian Lüscher

Art director

  • Petra Klimek

Property master

  • Katja Luger

Stand-by props

  • Stephanie Moldrings

Make-up artist

  • Johannes Schmager
  • Philipp Keusen

Costume design

  • Ulrike Scharfschwerdt

Editing

  • Jann Anderegg

Sound design

  • Florian Eidenbenz

Sound

  • Patrick Storck
  • David Hilgers

Casting

  • Dixie Chassay
  • Susanne Ritter
  • Vicky Wildman

Music

  • Walter Mair
  • Tom Linden

Cast

  • Haytham Abdulrazaq
    Taufiq
  • Zahraa Ghandour
    Amal
  • Waseem Abbas
    Muhannad
  • Shervin Alenabi
    Nasseer
  • Maxim Mehmet
    Sven
  • Kae Bahar
    Zeki
  • Taro Bahar
    Aro
  • Ali Daim Maliki
    Ahmed
  • Meriam Abbas
    Maha
  • Awatif Naeem
    Samira
  • Farid Elouardi
    Yasin
  • Andrew Buchan
    Martin
  • Kerry Fox
    Maude
  • Hazel O'Connor
    Kate

Production company

  • Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG (Zürich)

in co-production with

  • COIN FILM GmbH (Köln)
  • Ipso Facto Films Ltd. (Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • Aleppo films (Zürich)
  • Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (Bern)

Producer

  • Joël Jent (Dschoint Ventschr)

Co-Producer

  • Christine Kiauk (COIN)
  • Herbert Schwering (COIN)
  • Stina Werenfels
  • Christine Alderson (Ipso Facto)

Line producer

  • Peter Kreutz

Production manager

  • Lies Schumandl

Original distributor

  • Arsenal Filmverleih GmbH (Tübingen)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 08.06.2017 - 07.07.2017: Köln, Zürich, London
Duration:
104 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.10.2021, 209167, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 10.08.2019, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 30.09.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Baghdad In My Shadow

Versions

Original

Duration:
104 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.10.2021, 209167, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 10.08.2019, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 30.09.2021

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/baghdad-in-my-shadow_2f52254dad8d42a8a5f118084b1c80f4