Silent Friend

Synopsis

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.

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Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony

Luna Wedler

Grete

Enzo Brumm

Hannes

Sylvester Groth

Anton

Martin Wuttke

Herr Fuchs

Johannes Hegemann

Thomas

Rainer Bock

Prof. Winterhalter

Léa Seydoux

Alice Sauvage

Marlene Burow

Gundula

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Bernd Birkhahn

Prof. Wild

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Yun Huang

Jule

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Sky Hofmann

Peter

Bettina Stucky

Annelore

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Erwin Giese

Herr Voss

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Peter Benedict

Prof. Kong

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Camillo Guthmann

Franz

Johannes Scheidweiler

Udo

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Lukas Helming

Karl

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Jacqueline Moellendorf

Shy Girl at Lecture Hall

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Noa Fang

Hong Kong Baby

Crew

Art

• Beatrix Petõ Art Direction
• Vicky von Minckwitz Set Decoration
• Barbara Hartwich Assistant Set Decoration
• Imola Láng Production Design
• Tamas Stadler Props

Camera

• Gergely Pálos Director of Photography
• Péter Adamkó Camera Trainee
• Virág Belákovics Camera Trainee
• Rudi Kurth Key Grip
• Péter Kéry-Kovács First Assistant Camera
• Márton Székely Second Assistant Camera
• Lukas Nickel Best Boy Grip
• Robert Patzelt Steadicam Operator
• Simonics Balázs Key Grip
• Gergely Skublics Digital Imaging Technician
• Jannis Sonthoff Camera Trainee
• Alexander Suer Digital Imaging Technician

Costume & Make-Up

• Diana Badalova Key Makeup Artist
• Aurélie Cerveau Makeup Department Head
• Geoffrey Coppini Hair Department Head
• Kolos Andrea Costumer
• Ágnes Mecseki Seamstress
• Peri de Bragança Costume Design
• Barbara Gosztony Hairstylist

Crew

• Kristina English Post Production Supervisor
• Guillaume Parent Post Production Supervisor
• Willi Andrick Video Assist Operator
• Dániel Megyeri Video Assist Operator
• Bálint Seress Loader
• Melanie Vetter Loader
• Attila Ágoston Loader
• Tina Kaiser Dramaturgy
• Ádám Bürös Driver
• Márton Nevigyánszky Driver
• Gábor Molnár Medical Consultant
• Norbert Klingner Legal Services

Directing

• Ildikó Enyedi Director
• Edina Galgócz Second Assistant Director
• István Kolos First Assistant Director
• Nicole Schreider Second Assistant Director
• Barbara Krieger Script Supervisor

Editing

• Máté Ternyik Colorist
• Dóra Vaszily Assistant Editor
• Károly Szalai Editor

Lighting

• Menráth András Electrician

Production

• Reinhard Brundig Producer
• Nicolas Elghozi Producer
• Xie Meng Producer
• Mónika Mécs Co-Producer
• Scott Barley Production Assistant
• Olivier Père Co-Producer
• Orsi Kmetty Line Producer
• Irma Ascher Casting
• Nina Haun Casting
• Dimitri Billecocq Unit Production Manager
• Gábor Czibere Unit Manager
• Csaba Henyei Assistant Production Manager

Sound

• Oliver Achatz Dialogue Editor
• Noemi Hampel Sound Editor
• Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko Foley Editor
• Michael Schlömer Production Sound Mixer
• Daniel Sobrino Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Jérôme Wiciak Supervising Sound Editor
• André Zacher ADR Supervisor
• Gábor Keresztes Original Music Composer
• Kristóf Kelemen Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Róbert Pálos CG Artist
• Béla Klingl Visual Effects Supervisor
• Alnazer Mohamad Fawzi Visual Effects Designer
• Péter Csintalan Visual Effects Designer

Writing

• Ildikó Enyedi Writer
• Corinne Le Hong Dialogue