Lore
Production Country:
Australia / United Germany / Great Britain
Drama. In Germany at the end of World War Two, teenager Lore and her four younger siblings are left to fend for themselves when their Nazi parents are taken into Allied custody. The children set out on a gruelling journey across Germany to join their grandmother in Hamburg. Indoctrinated in the extreme beliefs of her parents, Lore only grows stronger in her convictions when circumstances force her and her siblings to travel with Thomas, a young Jewish survivor. Based on the second story in Rachel Seiffert’s novel, ‘The Dark Room’.
Cast & credits
Cast
- maid Antonia Holfelder
- Lore Saskia Rosendahl
- Thomas Kai Malina
- mum Ursina Lardi
- dad Hans Jochen- wagner
- Jürgen Mika Seidel
- Günter André Frid
- gran Eva-Maria Hagen
- young German soldier Mike Weidner
- baby Peter Nick Leander Holaschke
- farmer Sven Pippig
- Helmut Philip Wiegratz
- farmer's wife Katrin Pollitt
- ox cart man Hendrik Arnst
- ox cart woman Claudia Geisler
- young woman with baby Ulrike Medgyesy
- school house woman 1 Katharina Spiering
- school house woman 2 Franziska Traub
- school house woman 3 Hanne Wolharn
- widow Friederike Frerichs
- US soldier truck Fabian Stumm
- US soldier Tim Karasch
- US soldier Daniel Kohl
- boatman Jan Peter Heyne
- US soldier checkpoint Jochen Döring
- young brunette Birte Schnöing
- German soldier 1 Lucas Rieber
- young blonde Wanda Colombina
- German soldier 2 Pit Bukowski
- British train soldier Glenn Arrowsmith
- British train soldier Paul Welsh
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Cate Shortland
- 1st Assistant Director Barbara Schubert
- 2nd Assistant Director Tanja Schuh
- 3rd Assistant Director Karsten Frank
- Script Supervisor Alisa Leptihn
Rights
Production
- Production Company Rohfilm
- Production Company Porchlight Films
- Production Company Edge City Films
- [Produced] with the support of UK Film Council Development Fund
- [Produced] with support from MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- [Produced] with support from 121 Media Programme of the European Union
- Presents Screen Australia
- Presents MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
- Presents Hessen Invest Film
- Presents FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt
- Presents DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds
- Presents Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein GmbH
- Presents Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg
- [Presented] in association with Screen NSW
- [Presented] in association with Creative Scotland
- World Sales Memento Films
- Executive Producer Margaret Matheson
- Executive Producer Vincent Sheehan
- Executive Producer Anita Sheehan
- Produced by Karsten Stöter
- Produced by Liz Watts
- Produced by Paul Welsh
- Produced by Benny Drechsel
- Line Producer Germany Kurt Otterbacher
- Associate Producer Linda Micsko
- Development & Production Executive Robbie Allen
- Business Affairs Linda McClure
- Production Manager Axel Unbescheid
- Production Co-ordinator Mathias Krämer
- Production Accountant (Germany) Antje Eggers
- Production Accountant (Australia) Gina Hallas
- Unit Manager Thomas König-mendler
- Location Manager Dirk Eberling
- Assistant Location Manager Tobias Hofmann
- Location Assistant Saxonia Jens Marschalleck
- Location Assistant Baden-Württemberg Pamela Schmidt
- Location Assistant Hessen Christiane Zeitzer
- Location Assistant Hamburg Arne Czock
- Post-production Supervisor Colleen Clarke
- Post-production Supervisor Bec Cubitt
- Post-production Supervisor PPost & Deliver
- Production Assistant Helga Kles
- Production Assistant UK Ashley Black
- Researcher Alex Howes
- Researcher Linda Micsko
Casting
- Casting by Jaqueline Rietz
- Casting by Anja Dihrberg
- Casting Children Kinderagentur Hoeppel
- Extras Casting Tanja Schuh
- Extras Casting Karsten Frank
Writing
- Script Editor Franz Rodenkirchen
- Written by Cate Shortland
- Written by Robin Mukherjee
- Based on the novel ‘The Dark Room’ by Rachel Seiffert
Photography
- Cinematographer Adam Arkapaw
- 2nd Unit Camera Operator Luke Thomas
- Camera Operator Adam Arkapaw
- Steadicam Operator Jörg Süss
- Steadicam Operator Harald Mellwig
- Focus Puller Luke Thomas
- Clapper/Loader Melina Behle
- Gaffer Michael Adcock
- Best Boy Martin Bourgund
- Best Boy Hamburg Stefan Uhlenbrock
- Electrics Gunter Leber
- Electrics Ralf Ommerborn
- Key Grip Glenn Arrowsmith
- Assistant Grip Paul Fahle
- Video Split Operator Jonathan Phiri
Stills
- Stills Photographer Adam Arkapaw
- Stills Photographer Vanessa Fuentes
- Stills Photographer Grace Cramer
- Stills Photographer Karsten Frank
- Stills Photographer Dorothea Trebs
- Stills Photographer Thomas Maximilian Jauk
Special Effects
- Visual Effects Artist Jamie Russell
- CGI John Butler
- Digital VFX 422 Glasgow
Editing
- Editor Veronika Jenet
- 1st Assistant Editor James Sutton
Design
- Production Designer Silke Fischer
- Art Director Jochen Dehn
- Assistant Art Director Marie-Luise Balzer
- Set Dressing Anna Dischkow
- Key Art Jeremy Saunders
- Property Master Lars Brockmann
- Standby Props Master Friederike Berthold
Costumes
- Costume Designer Stefanie Bieker
- Costume Design Assistant Susanne Platz
- Costume Design Assistant Gregory Nelson
- Costume Research Nikola Hoeltz
- Wardrobe Supervisor Ulrike Kiss-rudies
- Wardrobe Assistant Katrin Westerhausen
- Wardrobe Assistant Clara Rakemann
- Historical Wardrobes/Costumes Nikola Hoeltz
Make-up
- Make-up by Katrin Westerhausen
- Hair and Make-up Artist Katrin Westerhausen
- Hair and Make-up Artist Ulrike Borrmann
Titles
- Title Design Jeremy Saunders
- Title Design Veronika Jenet
- End Credits Takahiro Suzuki
Film processing
- Laboratory Services DeLuxe Australia
- Digital Intermediate EFilm Australia
- [Digital Intermediate] Colourist Jamie Hediger
- [Digital Intermediate] Producer Katherine Heads
- [Digital Intermediate] Supervisor Matthew M. North
- [Digital Intermediate] Editor Matthew T. Griffin
Music
- Composer Max Richter
- Solo Violin Everton Nelson
- Solo Cello Ian Burdge
- Solo Piano Max Richter
Sound
- {Music} Recorded by Rupert Coulson
- Sound Designer Sam Petty
- Sound Recordist Michael Busch
- Boom Swinger Michael Janssen
- Sound Mixer Robert Mackenzie
- Sound Mixer Sam Petty
- Supervising Sound Editor Sam Petty
- Dialogue Editor Antony Gray
- Dialogue Editor Yulia Akerholt
- [Sound Effects] Editor Brooke Trezise
- ADR Recordist (Sydney) Liesl Pieterse
- ADR Recordist (Berlin) Uwe Engel
- Foley Walker Mario Vaccaro
- Foley Recordist Adam Connelly
- Mix Assistant Liesl Pieterse
- Foley Editor Lucas Bone
Subtitles
- Subtitles Kristian Whitlock
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Becker Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Andreas Mayer
Consultant
- Lead Legals Nina Stevenson
- Lead Legals Eve Foreman
- Lead Legals Australia Macleay William
- Dolby Consultant Bruce Emery
- Dialogue Coach/Dramaturg Hanne Wolharn
- Translations Elisabeth Meister
Publicity
- EPK & Behind the Scenes Interviews by Karsten Stöter
- EPK & Behind the Scenes Edited & Completed by Gabriel Dowrick
Miscellaneous
- The producers would like to thank especially Rachel Seiffert
