RECYCLING MEDEA (recycling-medea.com)
A film by Asteris Kutulas / Music by Mikis Theodorakis / Choreography by Renato Zanella
Maria Kousouni as Medea
Danilo Zeka, Franziska Hollinek-Wallner, Eno Peci, Sofia Pintzou, Nicky Vanoppen
Akropoditi Dance Theatre (Anna Vaptisma, Pigi Lobotesi, Maria Mavri, Filia Milidaki, Anna Ouzounidou
Eleni Pagkalia, Nadia Palaiologou, Adamantia Papandreou, Vivi Sklia, Georgia Stamatopoulou, Antigone Choundri)
Featuring Bella Oelmann (as the Lost one)
Special guest André Hennicke
Friendly appearance Mikis Theodorakis & Renato Zanella
Nicolaus Kausch
Diary texts from „The Diary of Anne Frank“ (1944)
Surah Field-Green (English), Effi Rabsilber (German), Ioanna Kriona (Greek)
With kind permission of the © ANNE FRANK FONDS, Basel
Written by Asteris & Ina Kutulas
Artistic Consultancy by Klaus Salge
Cinematographer: Mike Geranios
Editor: Babette Rosenbaum
Sound: Klaus Salge / Sound Mix: Sebo Lilge
Music Mix & Audio Postproduction: Alexandros Karozas
Graphic Designer: Frank Wonneberg
Colorist: Antonia Gogin
Online Editor: Neil Reynolds
Casting Director & Assistant Film Director: Marcia Tzivara
Mixing Engineer: Kai Hoffmann
Graphic Designer: Frank Wonneberg
Colorist: Antonia Gogin
Online Editor: Neil Reynolds
Assistent Online Editor: Felix Bester
Casting Director & Assistant Film Director: Marcia Tzivara
Gaffer: Vassilis Dimitriadis
Make Up Artist: Saretta Rosa
Voice Recordings Jannis Zotos
Production Coordination in Greece Dimitris Koutoulas
Second camera (ballet)
Asteris Kutulas
Additional shootings (Athens)
Stefanos Vidalis, VROST, Lefteris Eleftheriadis, Ioannis Myronidis, Vasilis Nousis, Zafeiris Haitidis
Additional shootings (Berlin)
James Chryssanthes, ASC
Ballet filmed at the „Apollo“ Theater of Hermoupolis
International Festival of the Aegean
Presented by MidAmerica Productions of New York
and the Municipality of Syros-Hermoupolis
General & Artistic Director of the Festival of the Aegean: Peter Tiboris
Lighting Design: Vinicio Cheli
Assistant Choreographer: Alessandra Pasquali
Chorus Choreographer: Angeliki Sigourou
Musical Assistant: Jiri Novak
Music of „Medea“ (Opera in two acts, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi)
Composed by Mikis Theodorakis
Text by Euripides
Published by Schott Music and Romanos Productions
CD Published on WERGO
Recorded digitally at the Capella Concert Hall St. Petersburg by Gerhard Tsess
Emilia Titarenko (Medea), Nikolai Ostrofsky (Jason), Peter Migounov (Aegeus), Wladimir Feljaer (Creon
), Irina Liogkaja (Nurse), Eugeni Witshnewski (Messenger), Daria Rybakova (Coryphaea), Juri Worobiow (Paedagogus)
St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Orchestra & Choir
Conducted by Mikis Theodorakis
Music Edited by Mikis Theodorakis &
Alexandros Karozas
Music Produced by Mikis Theodorakis, Alexandros Karozas
& Asteris Kutulas
Courtesy of Romanos Production and Schott Music
Executive Producer: Brigit Mulders
Produced by Asteris Kutulas & Klaus Salge, 2014
Teaser by Bernd Lützeler
All rights reserved by November Film & Asti Music
The film was made with the kind support of
Margarita Theodorakis, Peter Hanser-Strecker, Anne Frank Fonds Basel, Angelika Oelmann, Andreas Rothenaicher and Optix Berlin GmbH, Anita & Uwe Förster, Mousse T., Tim Dowdall, Peter Massine, Rafaela Wilde, Reinhold Spur, Peter Tiboris, Holger Ehlers, Alexandros Tsoupras, Tino Deus, Daniel Höferlin & The Asphalt Club Berlin Team and James Chryssanthes
Many thanks to
Apostolos Tsiovaras, Stefanos Kyriakopoulos, Rena Parmenidou, Nina Hof, Guy Wagner, Rafika Chawish, Peter Zacher, Alexander Koutoulas, Barbara Eldridge, Ingo Rehnert, Janek Siegele, Jessica Schmidt, Silke Spalony, Christopher Wohlers, Marcus Lenz, Frauke Sandig, Eric Black, Rainer Schulz, Marie-Sophie Brugsch, Michelle Pais, Lois Christmann, Lara Schlesinger, Victor Kausch, Benedict Fritsche, Alexander von Jost, Alessandra Oelmann, Fotis Geranios, Mihalis Adam & the Badminton Theatre, Maria Tsolaki, Xenia Kaldara & the Mihalis Cacoyannis Foundation
