Origin
- Caste (Working title)
Feature Film | 2022-2023 | Drama, Period | USA
Main data
| Director | Ava DuVernay |
|---|---|
| Written by | Ava DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson (literary source) |
| Production | Array Filmworks [us], X Filme Creative Pool GmbH |
| Distributor | Neon [us] |
Shooting data
| Start of shooting | 01/12/2022 |
|---|---|
| End of shooting | 01/03/2023 |
| Locations | Atlanta, Berlin, India |
| Filming regions | Germany - Berlin, USA |
Project data
| Length of movie | 135 min |
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Brief synopsis
Cast
| Actor | Role name | Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Isabel Wilkerson [L] | |
| Nick Offerman | n.n. [L] | |
| Jon Bernthal | n.a. [L] | |
| Vera Farmiga | n.a. [L] | |
| Ingo Hülsmann | E. Kohlrausch [SR] | |
| Mieke Schymura | Nigella Dunkley [SR] | |
| Konstantin Lindhorst | Roland Freisler [SR] | |
| Luis Lüps | Achim Gercke [SR] | |
| Cristin König | Bibliothekarin [SR] | |
| Daniel Lommatzsch | Joseph Goebbels [SR] | |
| Connie Nielsen | n.a. [SR] | |
| Henry Leif Solf | Soldier [SR] |
Crew
| Activity | Name | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Production accountant | Peter Gneckow | |
| Assistant production accountant | Sanjiv Lakhani Berlin | Berlin |
| Assistant production accountant | Sebnem Simsek | |
| Crowd 2nd AD | Ann Sophie Heier | |
| 3rd AD | Henriette Rodenwald Berlin | Berlin |
| 3rd AD Crowd | John Adams | |
| 3rd AD Crowd | Lukas Hablitzel Berlin Additional | Berlin Additional |
| 3rd AD Crowd | Jan Boehme zusatz | zusatz |
| AD PA | Justus Haug 2 days | 2 days |
| AD PA | Maja Schätzlein Berlin Shoot | Berlin Shoot |
| AD PA | Alisia Manuguerra Berlin | Berlin |
| AD PA | Lola von Pfetten Berlin Shoot | Berlin Shoot |
| AD PA | Vera Schmidt Berlin | Berlin |
| Crowd marshall | Jasper Sörns Berlin 2 DT | Berlin 2 DT |
| Crowd marshall | Paulina Maria Ochmann Berlin | Berlin |
| Crowd marshall | Joachim Rissmann Berlin | Berlin |
| VFX data wrangler | Moritz Peter Förster Berlin Shoot 16mm | Berlin Shoot 16mm |
| Director of photography | Matthew J. Lloyd | |
| Steadicam operator | Alex Traumann ARRIFLEX 416 16mm Berlin Part | ARRIFLEX 416 16mm Berlin Part |
| 1st assistant camera | Daniel Erb Berlin/S16mm | Berlin/S16mm |
| 1st assistant camera | Fabio Seyding Berlin Part // 16mm Film | Berlin Part // 16mm Film |
| 1st assistant camera | Gero Neumann | |
| 2nd assistant camera | Josefin Porstner Berlin | Berlin |
| 2nd assistant camera | Laura Nathalie Naschlenas | |
| 2nd assistant camera | Clemens Szelies | |
| 2nd assistant camera | Uwe Zegnotat A-Cam/Berlin Part | A-Cam/Berlin Part |
| Clapper/loader | Lisa Dutschmann | |
| Assistant to video playback operator | Michéle Piesche 1 DT | 1 DT |
| Assistant to video playback operator | Max Meißner QTAKE, Berlin Part | QTAKE, Berlin Part |
| Qtake operator | Christopher Haug | |
| Camera trainee | Wiebke Leser Berlin Unit | Berlin Unit |
| Extras/bit player casting | Lisa M. Böttcher Berlin | Berlin |
| Extras/bit player casting | Christin Busch Berlin | Berlin |
| Costume supervisor | Simone Kreska For Berlin part | For Berlin part |
| Key costumer | Siba Fallahi Berlin Teil | Berlin Teil |
| Key costumer | Natalie Uhlstein Key Costumer Set/Berlin | Key Costumer Set/Berlin |
| 2nd assistant costume designer | Sebastian Schade [1] Set Costume Cast Berlin Part | Set Costume Cast Berlin Part |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Olivier Mohrińge Set Costume Crowd & Fittings | Set Costume Crowd & Fittings |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Anja Lafin | |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Julia Suris set costume crowd & fittings 1930s, Berlin, costume design by Dominique Dawson | set costume crowd & fittings 1930s, Berlin, costume design by Dominique Dawson |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Joana Rotter Set Costume Crowd & Fittings, 1930ies, Berlin part, Costume Design Dominique Dawson | Set Costume Crowd & Fittings, 1930ies, Berlin part, Costume Design Dominique Dawson |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Annett Schneider Set Costume Crowd & Fittings 1930er, Dreh Berlin, Kostümbild Dominique Dawson | Set Costume Crowd & Fittings 1930er, Dreh Berlin, Kostümbild Dominique Dawson |
| Costumer / wardrobe | Gina Steiniger Additional crowd | Additional crowd |
| Additional costumers | Isabella Mirja Hirt | |
| Additional costumers | Jonna Carstensen Crowd / Berlin | Crowd / Berlin |
| Additional costumers | Tabea Fock Crowd/Berlin | Crowd/Berlin |
| Additional costumers | Erna Ostanek | |
| Additional costumers | Isabella Schuh Extras / Berlin | Extras / Berlin |
| Additional costumers | Narod Aghakhanian | |
| Additional costumers | Isabell Reisinger Berlin | Berlin |
| Additional costumers | Phyllis Pollmann Crowd / Berlin | Crowd / Berlin |
| Additional costumers | Alina Berger Crowd / Berlin | Crowd / Berlin |
| Crowd fitter | Navina Dembczyk 1930er Berlin | 1930er Berlin |
| Director | Ava DuVernay | |
| Assistant to director | Sibel Koyuncu /Asst to Director (Germany) | /Asst to Director (Germany) |
| Extras coordinator | Konstantin Kieselbach 1 SD | 1 SD |
| Key grip | Hannes Tröger B-Cam Dolly Grip Berlin | B-Cam Dolly Grip Berlin |
| Key grip | Glenn König Key Grip / Berlin Shoot | Key Grip / Berlin Shoot |
| Dolly grip | Elmar Suska | |
| Grip | Vincent Pielmeier | |
| Grip | Josua 'Joe' Weber Junior Grip | Junior Grip |
| Grip | Adriano Baldelli | |
| Crane operator | Thomas Hübener | |
| Crane operator | Hannes Höber 75 SuperTechno | 75 SuperTechno |
| Gaffer | Björn Susen | |
| Rigging gaffer | Dietmar Haupt Berlin | Berlin |
| Dimmer board operator | Oliver Kühne Berlin part | Berlin part |
| Lighting technician / electrician | Marco Siefert Berlin-Teil | Berlin-Teil |
| Lighting technician / electrician | Daniel Jopp Berlin part | Berlin part |
| Lighting technician / electrician | Tom Sperling BLN | BLN |
| Lighting technician / electrician | Frederic Adam Berlin | Berlin |
| Lighting technician / electrician | Volker 'Vanta' Vahl Berlin | Berlin |
| Lighting technician / electrician | André Poser Rigging | Rigging |
| Additional electrician | Florian Heinrich Stapler Operator 2DT | Stapler Operator 2DT |
| Additional electrician | Christian Müller | |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Alla Leonova Crowd- Berlin | Crowd- Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Richard Niermann Key Ass. Hair and Make-up | Key Ass. Hair and Make-up |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Stephanie Frank Zusatzmaskenbildnerin | Zusatzmaskenbildnerin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Lyubov Yatsyuk Crowd - Berlin | Crowd - Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Andrea Rosal Crowd - Berlin | Crowd - Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Antonia Hauser Crowd Berlin | Crowd Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Ina Sauer Crowd Berlin | Crowd Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Ruth Ute Wagner Key H + Mup Germany - Berlin | Key H + Mup Germany - Berlin |
| Makeup artist / hair stylist | Irina Tübbecke Crowd Hair and Makeup Supervisior | Crowd Hair and Makeup Supervisior |
| Additional make up artist | Ina Charanza | |
| Additional make up artist | Susanne Glöckner Crowd Berlin | Crowd Berlin |
| Additional make up artist | Yvonne Joseph Berlin | Berlin |
| Producer | Ava DuVernay | |
| Producer | Paul Garnes | |
| Art director | Daniel Chour Supervising Art Director BERLIN | Supervising Art Director BERLIN |
| Assistant art director | Leonie Lieberherr Berlin | Berlin |
| Set decorator | Ingeborg Heinemann Berlin | Berlin |
| Assistant set decorator | Friederike Beckert German Crew | German Crew |
| Set decoration buyer | John Kalus Berlin | Berlin |
| Construction coordinator | Remo Stecher Berlin | Berlin |
| Prop master | Martin Schultz Prop Master German Crew | Prop Master German Crew |
| Prop master | Simon Wisniewski Ass.Property Master German crew | Ass.Property Master German crew |
| Set dresser | Hannes Früh Berlin crew | Berlin crew |
| Set dresser | Florian Radloff Berlin Teil | Berlin Teil |
| Set dresser | Christian Wollberg zusatz berlin | zusatz berlin |
| Set dresser | Johanna Zey | |
| Art department coordinator | Niklas Schmidt Berlin | Berlin |
| Assistant stand by props | Julia Große-Heitmeyer Berlin part | Berlin part |
| Assistant stand by props | Laura Nickel Add. Berlin Unit | Add. Berlin Unit |
| Draughtsman/set designer | Franziska Hoh Berlin | Berlin |
| Draughtsman/set designer | Laura Bach | |
| Graphic designer | Sophia Burkardt Berlin | Berlin |
| Graphic artist | Lea Gabler | |
| Graphic artist | Lina Stindt Schein Berlin // German Crew - Graphic Props & SetDec | Schein Berlin // German Crew - Graphic Props & SetDec |
| Graphic artist | Kobita Syed Handschriften Deutschland 1933 // Kurrentschrift | Handschriften Deutschland 1933 // Kurrentschrift |
| Property driver | Patrick Wiethoff Set Decoration Shopper | Set Decoration Shopper |
| Production coordinator | Regine Otto | |
| Production coordinator | Mascha Breuker APOC Berlin Shoot | APOC Berlin Shoot |
| Unit manager | Martin Eikenbusch Assistant Unit Manager Berlin | Assistant Unit Manager Berlin |
| Unit manager | Timo Dobbert 1. AL - Berlin Part | 1. AL - Berlin Part |
| Location manager | Matthias Braun | |
| Covid coordinator | Nils-Philipp von Westernhagen | |
| Transportation coordinator | Andreas Grasshoff Berlin Shoot | Berlin Shoot |
| Drivers captain | Michael Fischer Berlin | Berlin |
| Assistant location manager | Steffen Schweizer | |
| Assistant covid coordinator | Maik Schindler | |
| Production driver | Christoph Pratschke Personal driver cast #1 Aunjanue Ellis | Personal driver cast #1 Aunjanue Ellis |
| Personal driver | Jan Luo to the director / Berlin | to the director / Berlin |
| Screenwriter | Ava DuVernay | |
| Literary source | Isabel Wilkerson Non-fiction book 'Caste - The Origins of Our Discontents' | Non-fiction book 'Caste - The Origins of Our Discontents' |
| Boom operator | Etienne Haug Berlin | Berlin |
| Boom operator | Rael Anderson | |
| Second boom operator | Lisa Strohbehn Berlin-Unit | Berlin-Unit |
| Stuntman/woman | Christian Petersson | |
| Stuntman/woman | Eric Ford | |
| Stand-in | Paul Alexander |
Production companies
| Company | Comment |
|---|---|
| Array Filmworks [us] | |
| X Filme Creative Pool GmbH |
Facilities
| Department | Company | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Cameras and Utilities | ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH | |
| Cameras and Utilities | Xinetix steadicam rental GmbH OP Alex Traumann | OP Alex Traumann |
| Grip | ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH | |
| Film Stock | Kodak GmbH [de] Berlin part | Berlin part |
| Extras/Bit Player | Agentur Filmgesichter Germany | Germany |
| Lighting and Utilities | ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH | |
| Production Consulting | Fakner Film Service Beratung, Set | Beratung, Set |
| Production Services | Annette & Lena Seggert Filmcateringservice GbR | |
| Production Services | GPDS GERMAN PROTECT & DEFENSE SERVICE GmbH Set- Medic's / ambulance & medical equipment | Set- Medic's / ambulance & medical equipment |
| Production Services | Permit Unit Permits - Berlin | Permits - Berlin |
| Production Services | Raketa GmbH Verleih Motivschutz & Set Equipment | Verleih Motivschutz & Set Equipment |
| Costumes | Kostümfundus Babelsberg GmbH | |
| Costumes | Theaterkunst GmbH Kostümausstattung | |
| Costumes | Wellenstein zeitgenössische Kostüme GmbH | |
| Decoration | Vorfilm Berlin | Berlin |
| Props | Hahn-Grafix Graphic Artist | Graphic Artist |
| Props | Schein Berlin German Crew - Graphic Props & Set Dec | German Crew - Graphic Props & Set Dec |
| Vehicles and aircrafts | Pit Crew GmbH |
Awards
Festivals
| Year | Country | Festival | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Italy | Venice Int. Film Festival (Mostra) Competition | Competition |
TV-broadcast
Cinema releases and premieres
| Type | Country | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | Wednesday, 06/09/2023 | Venice International Film Festival [it] |