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The Aryan Couple (Original title)
Dates: 2004 (Copyright), 13 October 2006 (Release)

Countries: Virgin Islands, British, United Kingdom

Directed by: John Daly

Synopsis: Drama. Follows a rich German Jewish industrialist who is offered the option of safe passage out of Germany to Palestine in exchange for all his worldly goods.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Judaism, Germany, Palestine
Releases
Date: 13 October 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Cinefotocolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 120 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Transmedia Pictures

Credits (154)
©: Celebration International Pictures, Presents: Transmedia Pictures, Film and Music Entertainment Ltd., [Produced in association with]: Mairis Films, MS Films, Executive Producer: Ilya Golubovich, Executive Producer: Arkardiy Golubovich, Produced by: John Daly, Co-producer: Peter Beale, Line Producer: Michal Szczerbic, Associate Producer: Irina Szufarska, Associate Producer: Peter Anurov, Associate Producer: Vasily Balashov, Set Manager: Jerzy Mizak, Production Manager/Co-ordinator: Andrzej Besztak, Production Supervisor: Jennifer Daly, Finance Executive: Larry Lotman, Location Accountant: Britt Napier, Production Accountant: Elzbieta Heleniak, Assistant Production Accountant: Malgorzata Dedek, Cashier: Urszula Baraniak, Location Manager: Anna Palka, Production Assistant: Iwona Czaja, Production Assistant: Agnieszka Kik, Production Assistant: Feliks Pastusiak, Production Assistant: Paulina Barenska, Production Secretary: Halina Malek, Barbara Nietresta, Assistant Director (1st): Weronika Migon, Assistant Director (2nd): Marcin Szczerbic, Assistant Director (2nd): Michael Daly, Piotr Szczerbic, Continuity Supervisor: Marek Cydorowicz, Continuity: Mikolaj Dabkiewicz, Casting by: Liora Reich, Casting Director (Polish): Magdalena Szwarcbart, Screenplay by: John Daly, Kendrew Lascelles, Director of Photography: Sergei Kozlov, Assistant Camera Operator: Krzystof Ciolkowski, Steadicam Operator: Balázs Révész, 1st Camera Assistant: Robert Litomisky, 2nd Camera Assistant: Mikhail Kvirikadze, Clapper Loader: Marek Cydorowicz, Swing Gang: Dariusz Rzepecki, Tomasz Pietrzak, Best Boy: Marek Wojciechowski, Electrician: Tomasz Kitrasiewicz, Electrician: Tomasz Baprawski, Electrician/Genny Operator: Janusz Nogal, Dolly Grip: Andrzej Scibiorek, Dolly: Remik Kubiak, Grip: Remigiusz Kubiak, Grip: Adam Nawrocki, Ryszard Szymanski, Video Operator: Wlrodzimierz Kolski, Stills by: Fabryka Obrazu Sp.Zo.o., Stills Photographer: Piotr Bujnowicz, Assistant Stills Photographer: Marcin Makowski, Visual Effects: Metropolis Motion Picture Services, Special Effects Technician: Zdzislaw Zawiasa, Pyrotechnician: Kazimierz Wróblewski, Arkadiusz Rosciak, Film Editor: Matthew Booth, Assistant Editor: Sebastian Korwin-Kulesza, Production Designer: Andrzej Haliński, Art Director: Joanna Doroskiewicz, Assistant Art Director: Anna Bohdziewicz, Assistant Art Director: Magdalena Hubka, Set Decorator: Wieslawa Chojkowska, Storyboard Artist: Mateusz Rakowicz, Property Master: Grzegorz Rzepecki, Stand-by Props: Wojciech Kocemba, Prop Buyer: Leszek Traut, Construction Manager: Andrzej Rychtarczyk, Construction Manager: Waldemar Weiss, Costume Designer: Jagna Janicka, Assistant Costume Designer: Ewa Helman-szczerbic, Military Costume Supervisor: Andrzej Szenajch, Wardrobe Assistant: Alicja Hornostaj, Wardrobe Assistant: Katarzyna Mucha, Magdalena Daniszewska, Military Wardrobe Assistant: Adam Kocemba, Ryszard Manczak, Tailor: Eleonora Owsianka, Key Make-up Artist: Maria Ewa Dziewulska, Make-up Artist: Marcin Rodak, Make-up Assistant: Anna Gornska, Anna Dabrowska, Hairstylist: Janusz Kaleja, Laboratory (Warsaw, Poland): Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Telecine Services: The Chimney Pot, Duplication Services: Digital Post Services, Music Composed by: Igor Khoroshev, Additional Music: Terry Glenny, Musician (Solo Violinst): Terry Glenny, Orchestrator: Terry Glenny, [Music] Recording Engineer: David Klotz, Mollard Conducting Batons: Bob Mollard, Hola Productions Recording Studio: Horacio Lanzi, Sound Designer: Frank Serafine, Production Sound Mixer: Jacek Hamela, Recordist: Shawn London, Boom Operator: Kazimierz Jastrzebski, Boom Operator: Radoslaw Niemiec, Re-recording Mixer: John Chalfant, Beau Borders, Post-production Sound Services: Sony Pictures Studios, Post-production Sound Services: Serafine Studios, Post-production Sound Services: Videosonics, Nomad Editing, Supervising Sound Editor: Frank Serafine, Sound Editor: Frank Correa, Sound Editor: Taylor Martyr, Sound Editor: Jeffery Reedy, Sound Editor: John Chalfant, Sound Editor: Shawn London, Dialogue Editor: Vic Radulich, Dialogue Editor: Jason England, Loop Group: Walter Douglas Bauer, Loop Group: James Gavsie, Loop Group: Roxanne Davies, Egert Oja, ADR (UK Mixer): Graeme Stoten, Foley Artist: Vincent Guisette, Foley Artist: Pamela Nedd Kahn, Foley (Sony Mixer): Kyle Rochlin, Stunts: Jerzy Celinski, Stunts: Robert Cichon, Stunts: Zbigniew Swiderski, Stunts: Brygida Osam-Gyaabin, Camp Technician: Roman Struminski, Action Vehicles Co-ordinator: Jerzy Mizak, Railway Consultant: Henryk Gerlach, Set Medic: Andrzej Tarasewicz, Unit Driver: Jozef Frymarski, Unit Driver: Jozef Zapala, Unit Driver: Andrzej Bogdanski, Unit Driver: Tadeusz Kupiec, Unit Driver: Piotr Bartoszkiewicz, Unit Driver: Artur Lysiak, Pawel Stanczyk, Catering: Wlodzimierz Filipek, Boguslawa Filipek, Technical Audio Consultant: François Blaigian, Technical Audio Consultant: John Chalfant, Technical Audio Consultant: Elmo Weber, Technical Audio Consultant: Tom Stamito, Catherine Harper, Dolby Labs Consultant: Andy Potvin, Armourer: Kazimierz Wróblewski, Armourer's Assistant: Arkadiusz Rosciak, Electronic Press Kit: Szymon Lenkowski
Cast (48)
Martin Landau (Joseph Krauzenberg), Judy Parfitt (Rachel Krauzenberg), Kenny Doughty (Hans Vassman), Caroline Carver (Ingrid Vassman), Danny Webb (Heinrich Himmler), Christopher Fulford (Edelhein), Steven Mackintosh (Adolf Eichmann), Jake Wood (Dressler), Nolan Hemmings (Gerhard), Richard Bremmer (SB major), Austen Palmer (Kurt Becher), Tyler Bizzell (sentry), Gretchen Becker (Jolanda), Arkadiy Golubovich (Krauzenberg's nephew), Adrian O'Donnell (adjutant), Andrzej Szenajch (Max), John Edmondson (relative 1), Maciej Robakiewicz (man 1), Andrzej Walden (man 2), Stefan Popkowski (Edelhein's driver), Michal Chorosinski (guard 1), Klaus Michal Zejdler (guard 2), Piotr Beluch (customs officer 1), Jerzy Szaniawski (family man), Dorota Liliental (family woman 1), Monika Pikula (family woman 2), Anna Wodzynska (family woman 3), Roman Kruczkowski (doorman), Jerzy Rogalski (older clerk), Paulina Chrusciel (grocery stand owner), Borys Jaznicki (Himmler's personal servant), Jerzy Moes (Krauzenberg's chauffeur), Radoslaw Kaim (Eichmann's secretary), Anna Pirog (train station passenger), Jacek Lenartowicz (SS officer - Gestapo), Rafal Sadowski (SS guard), Bartlomiej Chowaniec (drunk soldier 1), Szymon Sendrowski (drunk soldier 2), Tomasz Bielawiec (drunk soldier 3), Wlodzimierz Sztejn (older man (scene 2)), Dominika Bednarczyk (woman with baby), Malgorzata Zawadzka (crying woman 1), Dorota Godzic (crying woman 2), Robert Koszucki (crying man), Piotr Pilitowski (train passenger), Andrzej Deskur (guard in the train), Tomasz Joarosz (Nazi - train driver), Katarzyna Wolejnio (woman on the train station)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Film Review n676 November 2006  Page: 95
Title: The Aryan CoupleAuthor: BAUGHAN, Nikki Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v16 n12 December 2006  Page: 45
Title: The Aryan CoupleAuthor: CORLESS, Kieron Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n209 November 2006  Page: 43
Title: In cinemas: The Aryan CoupleAuthor: PARKINSON, David Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1461 16 Jul 2004  Page: 7
Title: In focus: UK tax clamp-down is tightened another notchArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has refused certification for John Daly's The ARYAN COUPLE, an example of a government crackdown on films it allows to qualify as British and access the UK's tax funds.

In: Variety 20 Dec 2004  Pages: 47-48
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: SCHEIB, Ronnie Article type: CreditsLanguage: English