The Mauritanian
Der MauretanierScottish director Kevin Macdonald addresses a dark chapter in American justice in this defiant political thriller based on the 2015 best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” which Slahi wrote while in captivity. The film’s screenwriters have refrained from resolving all the mysteries, thus honouring the importance of examining each case individually – even in the midst of a national outburst of grief and anger.
With
- Jodie Foster (Nancy Hollander)
- Tahar Rahim (Mohamedou Ould Slahi)
- Shailene Woodley (Teri Duncan)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Lt. Col Stuart Couch)
Crew
Director | Kevin Macdonald |
Screenplay | M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani |
Cinematography | Alwin H. Küchler |
Editing | Justine Wright |
Music | Tom Hodge |
Sound Design | Glenn Freemantle |
Sound | Mike Prestwood Smith |
Production Design | Michael Carlin |
Costumes | Alexandra Byrne |
Make-Up | Kerry Skelton |
Assistant Director | Harry Boyd |
Casting | Nina Gold |
Production Manager | Jada Thwala |
Producers | Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lloyd Levin, Beatriz Levin, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Branwen Prestwood Smith, Michael Bronner |
Executive Producers | Micah Green, Daniel Steinman, Dan Friedkin, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman, Ryan Heller, Zak Kilberg, Russell Smith, Robert Halmi, Jim Reeve, Rose Garnett, Robert Simonds, Adam Fogelson, John Friedberg |
Co-Producers | Larry Siems, Donald Sabourin, Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
World Sales
STX International
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Produced by
SunnyMarch
Shadowplay Features
Wonder Street
Curlyhead Films
Kevin Macdonald
Born in Glasgow, the UK in 1967, the filmmaker, producer and screenwriter has made numerous award-winning documentaries including One Day in September (1999 Oscar for Best Documentary); Touching the Void (2003 BAFTA for Best British Film of the Year); Life in a Day (2011 Panorama) as well as various artist biographies including Marley (BAFTA-nominated in 2013). His most successful feature films include The Last King of Scotland (winner of a BAFTA and a Best Actor Oscar for Forrest Whitaker), the political thriller State of Play and Black Sea.
Filmography
1995 The Making of an Englishman; TV documentary 1996 Chaplin’s Goliath; documentary 1997 The Moving World of George Rickey; documentary · Howard Hawks: American Artist; TV documentary 1998 Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance; documentary 1999 One Day in September (Ein Tag im September); documentary 2000 A Brief History of Errol Morris; documentary · Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain; documentary 2001 Being Mick; TV documentary 2003 Touching the Void (Sturz ins Leere); documentary 2004 Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande; documentary 2006 The Last King of Scotland (Der letzte König von Schottland – In den Fängen der Macht) 2007 My Enemy’s Enemy; documentary 2013 State of Play (State of Play – Stand der Dinge) 2011 Life in a Day (Life in a Day – Ein Tag auf der Erde); documentary · Marley; documentary · The Eagle (Der Adler der Neunten Legion) 2013 Christmas in a Day 2014 How I Live Now 2016 Black Sea · Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Quiang; documentary 2017 Oasis; TV movie 2018 Whitney; documentary · Return to Podor; documentary 2020 Life in a Day 2020; documentary 2021 The Mauritanian
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021