Martin liest den Koran / Martin Reads the Quran (WT)

Feature Film | 2022-2023 | Intimate play, Thriller | Germany

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Main data

Director	Jurijs Saule
Written by	Michail Lurje, Jurijs Saule
Production	Blobel Film
Distributor	Media Luna New Films UG [de]

Shooting data

Start of shooting	10/02/2022
End of shooting	25/03/2022
Number of shooting days	30
Locations	Berlin
Filming regions	Germany - Berlin

Project data

Film financing	BKM [de] - production funding: 210.000 EUR (03/2021) Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg [de] - production funding: 100.000 EUR (02/2021)

Cast

Posters

Brief synopsis

Martin visits a professor of Islamic Studies to tell him about an attack he has initiated. Can the professor show Martin a passage from the Quran that says it’s wrong to kill people with bombs? If not, Martin’s bomb will kill many people. The professor has no other weapons other than the word of God itself.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Zejhun Demirov	Martin [L]
Ulrich Tukur	Professor Dr. Neuweiser [L]
Alissia Krupsky	Jannetta [L]
Sarah Sandeh	Aliyah [SR]
Tanju Bilir	Tanju [SR]
Charles Toulouse	n.n. [SR]
Yvonne Ernicke	Elisa Bannert [SR]
Elisabeth Helene Simon	Kassiererin [SR]
Engin Ben Akkaya	Ben Putzmann [SR]
Alexander Wolfshohl	Schüler [BP]
Jonas Mehlhorn	Schüler [BP]
Prince Chughtai	Fahid [BP]
Lena Kirchner	Schoolgirl [BP]
Bay Richman	Pupils [BP]
Hendrik Andelfinger	Student [BP]
Bastian Stiller	Student [BP]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Director of photography	Arsenij Gusev
Camera operator	André Beckersjürgen
1st assistant camera	Mark Romaine
2nd assistant camera	Christina Verena Bauer A-Cam I Sony Venice + Rialto I DJI Ronin 2	A-Cam I Sony Venice + Rialto I DJI Ronin 2
Costume designer	Riccarda Merten-Eicher
Assistant costume designer	Abigél Szilas
Director	Jurijs Saule
1st AD (local system)	Marie-Amélie Steul
Script continuity	Dessirie Stegmaier
Editor	Jurijs Saule
Key grip	Philipp Hobucher
Gaffer	Serafim Gusev
Best boy electric	Gregor Cunningham
Lighting technician / electrician	Tim Boller 2 DT Zusatz	2 DT Zusatz
Lighting technician / electrician	Eyad Alshaar
Lighting technician / electrician	Caspar von Hollander
Lighting technician / electrician	Mikita Fedosik
Additional electrician	Regina Wiebe 5 DT	5 DT
Additional electrician	Jules Kleck 4 DT	4 DT
Additional electrician	Anton Duschek
Key makeup artist/hair stylist	Mandy Steiger Maskenbild &SFX	Maskenbild &SFX
Hair/makeup designer	Mandy Steiger
Fx makeup artist	Mandy Steiger
Additional make up artist	Alexandra Heinze
Additional make up artist	Elvin Schönmann
Additional make up artist	Maria King
Composer	Raphael Schalz-Bender
Music supervisor	Jurijs Saule
Production designer	Stefan Rohde
Art director	Tamyo Leonard
Line producer	Michail Lurje
Production manager	Michail Lurje
Assistant production manager	Samuil Berenzon Vorproduktion	Vorproduktion
Unit manager (local system)	Samuil Berenzon Hauptblock und Nachdreh	Hauptblock und Nachdreh
Set manager/ floor manager	Gabriel Riedl
Set manager/ floor manager	Patrick Rupprecht Main block	Main block
Assistant set/floor manager	Judith Fritsch
Production driver	Oliver Svatikov
Set runner	Amina Luisa Gruber
Set runner	Gabriel Riedl
Set runner	Lorenza Doherty
Screenwriter	Michail Lurje
Screenwriter	Jurijs Saule
Production sound mixer	Achim Burkart
Boom operator	Hans Jörg Bramm
Sound re-recording mixer	Adrian Lo
Sound designer	Adrian Lo
Sound designer	Thorsten Hoppe
Sound editor	Jurijs Saule
Dialogue editor	Jonas Vicent
ADR supervisor	Jonas Vicent
Foley artist	Jonas Vicent
Hygiene officer	Patrick Rupprecht

Production companies

Company	Comment
Blobel Film

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Media Luna New Films UG [de] World Sales	World Sales

Facilities

Department	Company	Comment
Finance/Law/Insurance	Pauls Büro Komparsenabrechnung	Komparsenabrechnung
Production Services	Dr. med. Maia Berenzon
Transportation, Travel and Accomodation	Sixt GmbH & Co. Autovermietung KG
Costumes	Theaterkunst GmbH Kostümausstattung KB - Riccarda Merten-Eicher	KB - Riccarda Merten-Eicher
Costumes	Wellenstein zeitgenössische Kostüme GmbH Riccarda Merten-Eicher	Riccarda Merten-Eicher
Makeup and Hair	Mandy Steiger
Makeup and Hair	Mandy Steiger
Makeup and Hair	Mobilespace

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Jurijs Saule	2022	German screenplay price [de] Best Unfilmed Screenplay	Best Unfilmed Screenplay	Winner
Michail Lurje	2022	German screenplay price [de] Best Unfilmed Screenplay	Best Unfilmed Screenplay	Winner

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Martin liest den Koran / Martin Reads the Quran (WT)

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