Cast
Waris – Liya Kebede
Marylin – Sally Hawkins
Neil – Craig Parkinson
Pushpa Patel – Meera Syal
Waris (12) – Soraya Mohamed Ali Scego
Harold – Anthony Mackie
Terry Donaldson – Timothy Spall
Lucinda – Juliet Stevenson
Crew
Director – Sherry Hormann
Producer – Peter Herrmann (Desert Flower Filmproductions)
Co-producer / Line Producer – Gerhard Hegele
Co-producers – Danny Krausz (Dor Film, Austria)
Benjamin Herrmann (Majestic Filmproduktion)
Barbara Seiller (BSI International Invest)
Til Schweiger (Mr. Brown Entertainment)
Peter Herrmann (MTM West)
Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan (ARD/Degeto)
Hubert von Spreti / Bettina Reitz (BR)
Roch Lener (Bac Films, France)
Martin Bruce-Clayton
David P. Kelly
Waris Dirie
In cooperation with Backup Films (France)
Script – Sherry Hormann
Camera – Ken Kelsch
Sound – Walter Fiklocki
Film editor – Clara Fabry
Production design – Jamie Leonard
Costume design – Gabriele Binder
Make-up artists – Michele Thevenet, Jenny Retzlaff
Casting – John & Ros Hubbard
The production was financed by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Eurimages, the NRW.BANK, the Austrian Film Institute, ORF and FilmFonds Wien.
