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shot entirely on location in South Kivu, east DR Congo, close to the Rwandan Border

92 min
35mm
1:1,85
Dolby SR
Languages:
French, English, Suaheli, Kinyarwanda
Engl. Subtitles & Narration

Produced by bluefilm,
Régine Provvedi

Coproduced by ZDF/arte
funded by
medienboard Berlin/Brandenburg,
DefaStiftung

supported by the MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

with
Eric Besner

and

BERNARD KALUME
PRESIDENT IGNACE MURWANASHYAKA
MAJOR EDMOND NGARAMBE
ALBERT MASTAKI
JEAN-HÉLÈNE M. ASSUMANI
AIMABLE
GENERAL SHUJAAT ALI KAHN
GENERAL AMANI JERUBBAAL
WALIMBA MASS
CAPT’ SARDAR TAIMUR
LTN. ASSISE
DAVID MUKIZA
ABBÉ ARISTIDE MASUMBUKU
ABBÉ JEAN B. MASHALI
CAPITAINE CHICO TSHITAMBUE
CAPT’ AMIR HASSAN KHAN

and with

THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE IN
BUKAVU, KAZIBA, WALUNGU, TCHONKA, HOMBO & BUNYAKIRI

THE BLUEHELMETS OF PAKBAT 4

THE SOLDIERS OF THE FARDC / 10. REGION MILITAIRE À BUKAVU

THE SOLDIERS OF THE FDLR
IN BURHINY / KAZIBA / MANDJE
THE HUTU-REFUGEES IN
MANDJE & HOMBO

Written and Directed by

MARKUS CM SCHMIDT
JAN BERNOTAT

Assistent Director

MARION GLASER

Narrator

ALEX ROSS

Music

BERNARD KALUME

Photography

JAN BERNOTAT

Sound Recordist

MARKUS SCHMIDT

Editor

MARKUS SCHMIDT

Sound Design

RAIMUND VON SCHEIBNER

Sound Mix

JÖRG HÖHNE / Studio Mitte

Online Editor

MATTHIAS BEHRENS / Wave-Line

Filmtransfer

MOSER & ROSIE

Film Lab

FILM & VIDEO PRINT

English Subtitles

TOM COOPER, BABELFISCH

Story Consultant

BRIGITTE KRAMER

Consultant UN

MARCO KALBUSCH

Always Encouraging

RAIMUND VON SCHEIBNER

Production Manager

MARION GLASER

Producer

RÉGINE PROVVEDI

Commissioning Editor ZDF/arte

MARTIN PIEPER

With special thanks to

STEFANIE DESNOYER
INA KERNSTOCK, MR. COOLBUSH
KEMAL SAIKI, ELIANE NABAA
YASMINA BOUZIANE
ALBERT LIESEGANG
SYLVIE VAN DEN WILDENBERG
LEON SALMERON
ALPHA SOW
PETER SWARBRICK
SHAHRAZAD CHIDA
THE DDRRR-SECTION BUKAVU
THE ENTIRE PERSONAL OF THE MONUC IN BUKAVU AND UVIRA
PAKBATT-4, PAKBATT-3
INDIAN AVIATION-2
RSABATT (Shabunda)
RSABATT (Kavumu)

With the help of

THE GERMAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA
CHRISTOPH RUHMICH
GIULIANO VASCOTTO
ELVEDIN OMIC
ALBERT MASTAKI, MATTHIEU KISUBI, RAFIKI KABOYI
STRATON MUSONI, LA FORGE FILS, EUGENIE NIYOTWIZIGIYE
NARCISSE KARADANY
INNOCENT SOCOFI,
JEAN NDABAVUNYI
REBECCA WERNER
LILIANE WEINACHT, DOUDOU KALALA
URSULA GILL-GAIDA, OLAF WINKLER IVO BRANDAU
EMMANUEL TEILLET
ROBERT GLATZEDER
ULLE SCHRÖDER, TANJA HALLER
NICOLE ARMBRUSTER
STEFAN GLASER
JOHANNA FINSTERWALD
MONIKA SCHMIDT

produced by bluefilm
paul/provvedi