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.
