| TRUE NORTH |
| BBC Films, Filmstiftung NRW and FFA |
| present |
| with the assistance of |
| Eurimages Council of Europe |
| Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board |
| Scottish Screen |
| ZDF in co-operation with ARTE |
| Pictorion Pictures |
| "true north" |
| Written and Directed by |
| Steve Hudson |
| Producers |
| Sonja Ewers and Benjamina Mirnik |
| Producers |
| David Collins and Eddie Dick |
| Executive Producers |
| David M. Thompson |
| Helmut Breuer |
| Claire Chapman |
| Jamie Laurenson |
| An Ariel Films, Makar Productions, Samson Films Co-production |
| Director of Photography |
| Peter Robertson |
| Production Designers |
| John Hand |
| Bettina Schmidt |
| Editor |
| Andrea Mertens |
| Music composed by |
| Edmund Butt |
| Make-Up Designer |
| Meg Spiers |
| Costume Designer |
| Carole K Millar |
| Casting Director |
| Shaheen Baig |
| Cast |
| riley |
Peter Mullan |
| sean |
Martin Compston |
| skipper |
Gary Lewis |
| cook |
Steven Robertson |
| su li |
Angel Li |
| pol |
Hark Bohm |
| chinese farmer |
Wang Li Jun |
| moonface |
Ren Hao |
| snakehead |
Shi Ming |
| svetlana |
Anna Breuer |
| barmaid |
Yvonne Costello |
| henri |
Pat Kiernan |
| african girls |
Tutu Babatunde |
| |
Zandie Mabiusa |
| barman |
Maurice Byrne |
| immigrants |
Feng Hui |
| |
Lijuan Zhao |
| |
Zhao Yun |
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Yang Mei |
| |
He Hong Tao |
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Zhou Ming |
| |
Ren Hang |
| |
Ning Ning Gho |
| |
Lei Jia |
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Xue Sheng Ying |
| |
Huang Li Rong |
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Lange Zian |
| |
Jinge Li |
| |
Vue Lang Xue |
| |
Han Jun |
| Crew |
| line producer |
Des Martin |
| production manager |
Oliver Wißmann |
| associate producer |
Joachim Sturmes |
| production co-ordinators |
Cait Collins |
| |
Manuela Groh |
| 2nd production co-ordinator |
Yvonne Burke |
| office production assistant |
Emma Dött |
| |
Brian Fraser |
| production trainee |
Zeke Lawless |
| Production executive |
Holly Ni Chiardha
for samson films |
| production administrator |
Lindsay Campbell
for samson films |
| Development executive |
Neal Rowland
for samson films |
| production accountants |
Ally O’Leary |
| |
Kerstin Dick |
| Production controller |
Bernhard Speck |
| assistant accountant |
Eoin Smith |
| post production accountant |
Con Cremins |
| Script supervisor |
Emer Conroy |
| first assistant director |
George Every |
| second assistant directors |
Eliot Mathews |
| |
Tony Aherne |
| third assistant directors |
Alex Jones |
| |
Thomas Müller |
| Trainee ad |
John Wallace |
| trainee ad / stand in |
Denis Fitzpatrick |
| set runners |
Marc Prüll |
| |
Kai Siggelkow |
| set runner trainee |
Vera Nevels |
| extras co-ordinators |
Georgina Shortt |
| |
Mikey Reng Huang |
| unit location manager |
Edmund Sampson |
| assistant location manager |
Brendan O’Sullivan |
| location scout |
Paddy McCarney |
| art directors |
Oliver Koch |
| |
Owen Power |
| assistant art director |
Michael Moynihan |
| Stand-by props |
Ele Wood |
| |
Thomas Frankenberg |
| property master |
Wolfgang Mohrhenn |
| prop buyer |
Anna Kirwan |
| trainee prop buyer |
Tuireann Herriott |
| standby prop trainee |
Miriam Konik |
| prop driver |
Dirk Pfennings |
| trainee dresser prop |
Rory Bruen |
| Props runaround |
Mike Burke |
| storyboard artists |
Cyprian Hercka |
| |
Petra Maria Wirth |
| wardrobe assistant |
Dani Millar |
| make-up / hair artists |
Tom McInerney |
| |
Vivienne Simpson |
| focus pullers |
Russell Gleeson |
| |
Dave Grennan |
| clapper loader |
Paul Shanahan |
| camera trainees |
Brian Dungan |
| |
Aedin McCarthy |
| video operator |
Sharon Siemund |
| b camera operator |
Russell Gleeson |
| steadicam operator |
Stephen Murphy |
| dolly grips |
Paul Tsan |
| |
Rudi Kurth |
| assistant dolly grip |
Bettina Brenner |
| rigger |
Drew Meldon |
| gaffer |
Garret Baldwin |
| best boy |
Billy Doyle |
| generator operator |
Peter O’Toole |
| electricians |
Tibor Magaslaki |
| |
Franco Bertone |
| sound recordist |
Simon Willis |
| boom operator |
Andrew Felton |
| Construction managers |
Joe Fesser |
| |
Ed Norton |
| construction co-ordinator |
Klaus Rudat |
| carpenters |
Wolfgang Hoffmann |
| |
André Knopp |
| Gimble mechanic |
Arndt Petzold |
| Standby carpenter |
Michael Rhodes |
| scenic artists |
Ludmilla Rudat |
| |
Susanna Schnibbe |
| marine co-ordinator |
Alistair Rumball |
| trawler skipper |
Paddy O’Connor |
| trawler crew |
Liam O’Connor |
| |
David O’Connor |
| |
Pat O’Connor |
| marine support |
Gordon Hunter |
| |
Thierry Mulliez |
| boat yard |
Old Court Boats |
| marine painters |
Damien Twomey |
| |
Andreas Connellan |
| trawler owners |
Andy Thoms |
| |
Cushla Thoms |
| transportation captain |
John Kavanagh |
| unit drivers |
Pat Larkin |
| |
Tommy Hamill |
| |
Klaus Exner |
| |
Tim Großkurth |
| |
Herbert Hoppe |
| minibus driver |
Jimmy Devlin |
| wardrobe truck driver |
Reggie Blain Jr. |
| camera truck driver |
Mitch Masterson |
| electrical truck driver |
Hugh McCartney |
| electrical runaround |
Jason Clarke |
| facility vehicles |
Steve Thornton |
| action vehicle co-ordinator |
Stephen Carroll |
| casting germany |
Outcast |
| |
Clemens Ehrbach |
| casting assistants |
Benjamin Till |
| |
Benjamin May |
| extras casting |
Hisinyi Liu |
| Publicists |
Kate Bowe |
| |
Antje Krumm |
| assistant publicist |
Maud Halferty |
| Epk |
Jens Gronek |
| |
Ole Jürgens |
| stills photographers |
Colm Hogan |
| |
Tom Trambow |
| stunt co-ordinator |
Philippe Zone |
| Stuntmen |
Peter Dillon |
| |
Giedrius Nagys |
| special effects |
Team FX Ltd. |
| special effects supervisor |
Brendan Byrne |
| mechanical effects |
Aidan Byrne |
| effects crew |
Pat Redmond |
| |
Kevin Byrne |
| |
Kevin Nolan |
| |
David Roddham |
| |
Andrew Nolan |
| underwater crew |
| underwater director of photography |
Mike Valentine, BSC |
| focus puller |
Dean Morrish |
| Loader |
James Scott |
| camera assistant |
James Lewis |
| co-ordinator / 1st ad |
Francoise Valentine |
| Stuntman |
Jamie Edgell |
| diving supervisor |
Dave Shaw |
| safety divers |
Glen Goodey |
| |
Davie Hall |
| |
Peter Harcourt |
| catering services |
Lighthouse Catering |
| |
Hermann Koenen Catering |
| catering chefs |
Tremayne Light |
| |
Maria Sobecki-Grimm |
| unit nurses |
Susan Dempsey |
| |
Yvonne Mann |
| lighting and camera equipment supplied by |
Maier Bros. |
| |
ARRI Rental |
| |
Cine-Electric |
| |
Production Depot |
| post production supervisor |
Achim Strack |
| first assistant editor |
Clare Dowling |
| standby assistant editor |
Patrick Stahl |
| telecine rushes |
PICTORION das werk |
| |
Jonas Thorbrügge |
| Colourist |
Matthias Schulze-Kirketerp |
| post production co-ordinator |
Philipp Knauss |
| for pictorion |
|
| digital intermediate |
PICTORION das werk |
| digital intermediate supervisor |
Bernd Schulze |
| colour grading |
Bianca Rudolph |
| grading consultant |
Vince Narduzzo |
| laser recording |
Gerhard Spring |
| vfx producer |
Michael Brink |
| vfx co-ordinator |
Lisa Riemer |
| vfx supervisor |
Rolf Mütze |
| vfx editor |
Christian Esquerre |
| digital compositors |
Alexander Brommer |
| |
Michael Krämer |
| |
Kai Woytke |
| |
Sebastian Locker |
| junior digital compositors |
Saskia Klein |
| |
Julia Strack |
| additional digital compositor |
Jörg Brümmer |
| 3d artist |
Christian Laskawi |
| systems administrator |
Christian Meckel |
| post production sound services |
Ruhr Sound Studios |
| supervising sound editor |
Guido Zettier |
| & sound designer |
|
| sound re-recording mixer |
Stefan Korte |
| adr recordist |
Günter Friedhoff |
| adr editor |
Alexander Vitt |
| sound effects editor |
Tobias Poppe |
| dialogue –editor |
Stefan Korte |
| foley editor |
Emil Klotzsch |
| foley artist |
Roland Platz |
| foley recordist |
Florian Kaltenegger |
| sound engineer |
Manfred Plenter |
| sound technicians |
Jens Kriegel |
| |
Markus Münz |
| sound service coordinator |
Marita Strotkötter |
| Laboratory |
CinePostproduction |
| |
Touria Arafat |
| |
Jörg Spohr |
| score recorded at |
Abbey Road Studios |
| score mixed at |
Lansdowne Studios |
| musicians contracted by |
COOL Music Ltd |
| orchestra leader |
Janice Graham |
| ethnic flutes |
Clive Bell |
| Clarinet |
Michael White |
| music conducted and orchestrated by |
Geoff Alexander |
| music engineered by |
Toby Wood |
| music editor |
Allan Jenkins |
| music consultant |
John Boughtwood |
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| Tarzan Boy |
Written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett
Performed by Baltimore
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG |
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| Bird of Paradise |
Written and performed by Snowy White
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Limited
Courtesy of Novello & Co Limited |
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| They're Having A Party |
Written by Ray Evans and Randall Stewart
Performed by The Gypsies
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Limited
Courtesy of Music Sales Limited |
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| Somethin' Stupid |
Written by Carson Parks
Performed by Rick Cardinali
Published by Montclare Music Co Limited
Courtesy of Music Sales Limited |
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Additional tracks by/with kind permission of
Interworld Musikverlag GmbH
BMG Zomba Production Music,
a unit of BMG Music Publishing Germany |
| German Translation |
Melanie Jakob |
| Production Legal Services |
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
| |
James Hickey |
| Legal Services Germany |
Monika Scholz |
| |
Boris Alexander Rothe |
| Sale & Leaseback Provider |
SCION Film Financing Ltd. |
| International Sales |
Beyond Films |
| Completion Bond |
Film Finances |
| Consultant |
Werner Film LLC |
| Insurance Services by |
Hiscox Media Insurance |
| Banking Services by |
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc |
| Collection Agent |
Freeway CAM B.V. |
| For BBC Films |
| Production Executive |
Michael Wood |
| Legal and Business Affairs Manager |
Helen Giles |
| Production & Finance Co-ordinator |
Sarah Best |
| Supplier |
| Kodak, Dolby Digital, THX, PICTORION das werk, RuhrSound Studios, CinePostproduction, Maier Bros., ARRI Rental |
| Developed with the Assistance of Moonstone International |
| Special Thanks to |
| Lee Ross, Sigrid Lotz, Oda Schäfer, Stefaan Schieder, Christoph Ott, MMC International GmbH, Sheila Fraser-Milne, Ruth Hodgson, Dagmar Niehage, Fanyi Ji, Yuan Yao, Zheng Xu, Nan Zhao Li, Li Liu, Lee Ross, Israel Mirnik, Irmgard Ewers, Rosemary Hudson, Daniel Hudson, Tilman Scheel, Leslie Oakley, Katharina Schulz, Martina O’Connor, Isabel Begg, Alexei Boltho, Emma Broughton Emma Parker, William McLeman, Mike Eley, Trevor Preston, Trevor Griffiths, Matthew Robbins, Stephen Cleary, Ed P, Simon Scardifield, Josh Lacey, Laurette Richards, Markus Stummer, Lucy Brown, Lorianne Hall, Hazel & Andy Anderson, Joyce Ogilvy, Susan Tackenberg, Phil Bonney, Oliver Graff, Tim Attac, Jim Treasures, Ankie Lau, Bernd Huckenbeck, Thomas Springer, Donal O'Donoghue, Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Vibeke Dijkman, Kristian Leschner, May Gibson, Wah-Piow Tan, Rina Goldenberg, Paul Miller, Sascha Peters (BMG Zomby) |
| The Majestic Line, The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Ireland), The Dept of Transport (Ireland), Captain Finbar Cotter & Eoghan O’Toole of Mercantile Marine Office Co. Cork, The Wicklow Enterprise Centre, The Belgian Emassy Dublin, The Wicklow Film Commission, PC Reg Greenacre, Chinese Liaison Unit, Metropolitan Police |
| Filmstiftung NRW |
| Michael Schmid-Ospach (CEO), Claudia Droste-Deselaers (Head of Production), Isabel Krolla, Christina Bentlage, Martina Horbach,Katharina Blum, Erna Kiefer, Tanja Güß |
| FFA/Eurimages |
| Peter Dinges (CEO), Nicola Jones, Petra Kashmiry, Katia Dolgova-Dreyer, Licia Eminenti |
| Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board |
| Simon Perry (Chief Executive), Teresa McGrane (Business Affairs), Brendan McCarthy, Naoise Barry |
| Scottish Screen |
| Anita Cox, Mary Brehony |
| ZDF/Arte |
| Meinolf Zurhorst (Commissioning Editor) |
| PICTORION das werk |
| Ralf Wacker, Ute Engel, Florian Decker, Philipp Eckel, Timo Klages, Florian Wolf, Tom Gonsior |
| Beyond Films |
| Hilary Davis, Stephen Kelliher, Nick Kilcoyne, Antonio Salas |
| A German, Irish, UK Co-production |
| Produced with the support of investment incentives provided by the goverment of Ireland |
| Filmed on location in Ireland, Germany and Scotland and on the trawler Martha David built in 1976 and decommissioned in 2006 |
| Made with the support of the National Lottery through Scottish Screen |
| This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries, and its unauthorized duplication, or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. |
| The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual entities is purely coincidental. |
| © 2006 Ariel Films GmbH, Makar Productions Ltd, Samson Films Ltd. |
| All Rights Reserved |
