The Magic Flute (2006)


The Magic Flute
Release Date07 September 2006
Budget$27,000,000
GenreMusic
CountryFrance
Filming LocationsShepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
ColorColor

The Magic Flute is Kenneth Branagh's English-language film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's singspiel Die Zauberflöte. The film is a co-production between France & the UK, produced by Idéale Audience and in association with UK's The Peter Moores Foundation.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Joseph Kaiser
Tamino

Amy Carson
Pamina

René Pape
Sarastro

Lyubov Petrova
Queen of the Night

Benjamin Jay Davis
Papageno

Silvia Moi
Papagena

Tom Randle
Monostatos

Ben Uttley
Priest

Teuta Koço
First Lady

Louise Callinan
Second Lady

Kim-Marie Woodhouse
Third Lady

Rodney Clarke
First Officer

Charne Rochford
Second Officer

Peter Wedd
First Armed Man

Keel Watson
Second Armed Man

Sophie Adams
Principle Ensemble

Charles Aitken
Principal Ensemble

Gemma Arrowsmith
Chorus

Vanessa Ashbee
Follower of Sarastro

Matthew Bancroft
Principle Ensemble

Jonathan Broadbent
Communications Runner

Cristina Catalina
Monostatos's servant

Naomi Charles
Principle Ensemble

Karina Cornell
Principal Ensemble

William Dutton
First Boy

Belinda Evans
Chorus

James Fiddy
Private

Joanne Heald
Principal Chorus

Amy Humphreys
Monostatos' Servant

Rebecca Hunt
Principal Ensemble

Cheyney Kent
Principal Chorus

Christopher Logan
Nervous Young Private

Gary Mackay
Sgt Major

Hope McNamara
Principal Ensemble

Mark Morgan
Chorus

Simon Brandon
Principal Ensemble

Sarah Pearman
Principal Ensemble

Katherine Shirley
Chorus

Old Papagena

Christopher Stone
Principal Ensemble

Michelle Whitney
Principle Ensemble

Jimmy Yuill
Queen's Commander

Director

Writer

Emanuel Schikaneder

Producer

Pierre-Olivier Bardet
producer

Steve Clark-Hall
line producer

Simon Moseley
producer

Mark Pickering
associate producer

Stephen Wright
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Roger Lanser
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Editor

Michael Parker
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Casting Director

Sarah Playfair
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Production Designer

Tim Harvey
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Art Director

Paul Kirby

Set Decorator

Celia Bobak
-

Costume Designer

Christopher Oram
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Makeup Department

Ailbhe Lemass
makeup artist

Sarah Monzani
makeup designer, hair designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Brian Backman
third assistant director

Chloe Chesterton
second assistant director

Lee Grumett
first assistant director: second unit

Carley Lane
third assistant director, second unit director

Dale MacLean
first assistant director

Lisa Radin
third assistant director

Josh Robertson
first assistant director

Art Department

Les Benson
prop storeman

Graham Caulfield
drapesmaster

Stephen Conway
stand-by prop

Colin Ellis
props

Abbi Groves
property buyer

Jonathan Holbrook
painter

Alex King
props

Charles Leatherland
assistant art director

Steve Macdonald
chargehand stand-by prop

Steve Macher
rigger

Maxie McDonald
prop master

Neil Murrum
chargehand dressing prop

Roy O'Connor
prop storeman

Andrew Palmer
art department assistant

Heather Pollington
graphic artist

Lotta Wolgers
set designer

Sound Department

Jorge Adrados
sound assistant

Philippe Amouroux
foley and adr recordist

Howard Bargroff
sound re-recording mixer

Nicolas Becker
foley artist

Colin Codner
sound playback coordinator

Assia Dnednia
foley artist assistant

Peter Glossop
sound mixer

Robin Knapp
sound effects editor

Mark Lafbery
adr recordist

Stephane Malenfant
playback assistant

Kevin McCue
sound re-recording mixer

Shaun Mills
boom operator

Ian Wilson
supervising sound editor

Special Effects

Garry Cooper
workshop supervisor

David Harris
special effects supervisor

Jude Harris
special effects coordinator

Judith Harris
special effects coordinator

Graham Hills
floor supervisor

Karl Openshaw
senior special effects engineer, special effects technician

Dave Poole
senior special effects technician

John Schoonraad
special effects senior technician

Stuart Wishart
special effects engineer, specialised engineer

Chris Clarke
radio control lighting mechs

Visual Effects

Adrian Banton
digital compositor

Greg Barrett
senior digital intermediate producer

Stephen Bennett
digital paint & rotoscope artist: Double Negative

James Benson
digital artist

Zoltán Benyó
visual effects producer: CubeEffects

Hitesh Bharadia
lead color & lighting technical director: Double Negative

Dameon Boyle
visual effects artist

John Claude
digital intermediate colourist

Richard Collis
roto/prep artist

Tyson Cross
digital artist: Double Negative

Paul Ducker
CG artist

Stuart Farley
technical director: sequence lead

Reschig Ferenc
systems administration: CubeEffects

Mike Foyle
digital paint and rotoscope artist

Alastair Grimshaw
visual effects editor

Pete Hanson
studio manager: Double Negative

Marcus Hindborg
digital compositor

Oliver Hollis
motion capture

György Horváth
compositing supervisor: Cubeeffects

Pete Howlett
digital compositor

Michael Hull
animator

Alexander Kaminski
matchmove artist: Double Negative

Pál Klemm
lead digital compositor: CubeEffects

Emma Larsson
visual effects production assistant

Imre Lovász
pipeline technical director: CubeEffects

Fay McConkey
visual effects producer

Ivan Mena
digital compositor

Tristan Myles
digital compositor: Double Negative

Charlie Noble
visual effects supervisor

Gruff Owen
digital compositor

Hojin Park
visual effects: Technicolor, Montreal

Carlos Poon
lead matchmover: Double Negative

Farhan Qureshi
digital effects artist

Xavier Roig
sequence lead

Jakob Schmidt
technical director

Paul Shore
digital intermediate supervisor

Serdar Simga
senior matte painter

William Skellorn
visual effects editorial: Double Negative

Christoph Sprenger
lead crowd technical director

Jamie R. Stewart
lead lighting artist

Gábor Székely
technical director: CubeEffects

Márton Szigethy
digital compositor

András Szõcs
vfx coordinator: Cube Effects

Ria Tamok
digital compositor: CubeEffects

Vilmos Thernesz
digital compositor

Simon Tingell
rotoscope artist: Double Negative, digital paint artist: Double Negative

Gábor Tóth
senior digital compositor: CubeEffects

Sanju Travis
digital compositor: Double Negative

Jenõ Udvardi
visual effects producer: CubeEffects

Sebastien Veilleux
digital compositor

Victor Wade
digital compositor

Thomas Ward
previsualization artist/animator: Double Negative

Rebecca Waters
digital artist: Double Negative

Ed Wilkie
visual effects: Double Negative

Daniel Wood
digital artist: Double Negative

Alex Wuttke
CG supervisor

Péter Zavorszky
visual effects production manager: CubeEffects

Patrick Zentis
matte painter: Double Negative

Serena Lam
digital compositor

Taz Lodder
technical support: Double Negative

Stunts

Sean Adames
stunt performer

Tom Aitken
stunts

Andy Bradshaw
stunt performer

Chris Carey
stunt performer

Rick English
stunt double: Tamino, stunt performer

Dean Forster
stunt performer

Stuart Frift
stunt performer

Steve Griffin
assistant stunt coordinator

Jason Hunjan
stunt performer

Rowley Irlam
stunts

Luke Kearney
stunt performer

Erol Mehmet
stunt performer

Chris Newton
utility stunts

Peter Pedrero
stunt performer

Roy Taylor
stunt double

Arran Topham
stunt performer

Andy Wareham
stunt performer

Simon Whyman
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

Pete Cavaciuti
camera operator

Wailoon Chung
electrician

Guy Cope
stand-by electrical rigger

Ann Marie Crotty
camera trainee

Andy Edridge
grip: "b" camera

Kate Filby
clapper loader: second unit

Simon Finney
camera operator

Mark Funnell
electrician

Mark Hanlon
best boy

Victoria Hanna
camera trainee

John Jordan
focus puller

Rolf Konow
still photographer

Brad Larner
focus puller: second unit

Vince Madden
best boy rigging electrician

Rod Marley
additional camera operator, focus puller

Sean McClory
focus puller

Joe McGee
practical electrician

Pat Miller
rigging gaffer

Nic Milner
director of photography: second unit

Hedwig Herzog
set photographer

Jennie Paddon
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Paul Sharp
electrician

Ryan Taggart
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department

Abigail Barbier
adr voice casting

Louis Elman
adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Katarina Borosova
costume assistant

Sally Davis
costume assistant

Angela Egan
wardrobe mistress

Philip Goldsworthy
costume assistant

Suzie Harman
assistant costume designer

Nat Turner
costume assistant

Alice Wolfbauer
costume supervisor

Vida Wolfbauer
costume stand-by

Editorial Department

Lea Morement
first assistant editor: avid

Laura Morrod
editor trainee

Neil Williams
assistant editor

Music Department

James Conlon
conductor

Ulf Forsberg
musician: violin

Robert Houston
assistant scoring engineer

François Leleux
musician: oboe

Raphaël Mouterde
music editor

Daniel Zalay
music producer

Transportation Department

Joseph Ramdath
driver: cast

Karen Russell
driver: minibus

Other Crew

Jeremy Angel
set runner

Alexandra Bouillon
assistant production coordinator

Kerensa Burton
script supervisor: second unit

Jami Chan
production assistant

Richard Daldry
production coordinator

Marie-Cecile De Faucigny
accounting assistant, deliverables coordinator

Laurence Edwards
crane/remote head technician

Jacqueline Goldenstein
production assistant: pre-production rehearsals and recordings

Oliver Hazell
floor runner

Patrick Isherwood
production accountant

Claudia Kalindjian
unit publicist

Beatrice Manning
set runner

Simon Neville
rabbit wrangler

Hedwig Herzog
set runner

Isaac Sananes
assistant accountant

Alice Syed
production trainee: FT2

Tamar Thomas
assistant to director

Neil Swain
dialect coach

Dean Wares
title typography

Thanks

Patric Schmid
in memory of

Daniel Toscan du Plantier
in memory of

Production Company

Idéale Audience
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Peter Moores Foundation

Distributor

Les Films du Losange

BFD

Distribution Company

Filmcoopi Zürich

Here Films
,

SF Norge A/S

Argentina Video Home

Brunbro Entertainment Group

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
,

Here! TV

Prorom Media-Trade

Revolver Entertainment

Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland

Showgate
,

Sony BMG Music Entertaintment

Special Effects

Centroid Motion Capture
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Miscellaneous

Shepperton Studios
movie studio

ARRI Lighting Rental
lighting equipment supplied by

ARRI Media
camera equipment provided by

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
orchestra

Fuji Photo Film
motion picture film supplied by

Media Services
stationery supplier

Midnight Transfer
post-production facilities

Salon
editing equipment

Sapex Scripts
post-production services

Useful Company
video assist equipment

Wood Hall Catering
catering second unit






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