This documentary uses testimonials and recollections of survivors, family members of the victims, firefighters, doctors, and other eyewitnesses to reconstruct the horrible trainwreck of Eschede in June 1998, using acted scenes and computer generated images and asking about the reasons and those responsible.
Eschede – Zug 884 - Backstage
Written and directed by: | Raymond Ley |
Director of photography: | Christopher Rowe |
Sound editor: | Michael Kunz |
Film editor: | Studio Funk |
Editorial advisor: | Simone Hoffmann |
Composer: | Hans P. Ströer, Ernst Ströer |
Research: | Viktoria Urmersbach, Sven Heiligenstein |
Location manager: | Monika Praefke, Eva Imlau |
Production manager: | Olaf Kalvelage, Claudia Haselhorst |
Executive producer: | Moritz Hansen |
Program manager: | Hans-Jürgen Börner |
Head of production: | Ulrich Lenze |
Shooting location: | Eschede, Hoya, Celle and surroundings |
Principal photography: | October / November 2007 |
Cast: | Bernd Tauber, Jockel Tschiersch, Anna Ottmann, Hannah Schröder, Bruno Apitz et al. |
To be aired on: | NDR, 2008 |
