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Legion of the Dead (2002)
Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: X-Vision Filmproduction GmbH & Co KG
Producers: Michael Poettinger, Claudia Quirchmayr
Co-Producer: Werner Kernig for Modern Graphics
Associate Producer: Stefan Jonas for Frame Werk
Production Managers (Germany): Michael Poettinger, Claudia Quirchmayr
Production Manager (USA): Marc Lammers
Unit Manager: Hakan Songur
SCRIPT
Script: Olaf Ittenbach
DIRECTION
Director: Olaf Ittenbach
Assistant Director: Thomas Reitmair
Script Supervisor: Marlies Damm
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Holger Diener
B Camera Operator: Wolf Bachmann
Assistant Camera: Andreas Birkle
B Camera Assistant: Jens Linnebach
Additional Camera Assistant: Alexander Schmid
Barber Camera Boom Operator: Drew Welker
Clapper Loader: Simone Schmid
Chief Lighting Technician (USA): Ralf Nowak
Electricians: Markus Haider, Gerhard Reda
Additional Electricians (Germany): Thomas Kungel, Georg Schönfeld
Electric Consultant: Christian Scheerer
Key Grip: Jens Linnebach
Stills (Germany): Wolf Bachmann
Stills (USA): Marlies Damm
Camera and Lighting Equipment: ARRI Rental
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Thomas Bachmann, Christian Lonk
MUSIC
Source Music Supervisor: Ralf Wengenmayr, Jaro Messerschmidt
Source Music Consultant: Nikolai Schulze-Soelde
SOUND
Sound Designer: Chris Rebay, Studio 507, Munich; herbX Medienproduktion
GmbH
Sound Mixer: Roland Grimm
Boom Operator: Daniel Muresan
Re-Recording Mixer: Jürgen Roth, Studio 507, Munich
Sound Editor / Foley Artist: Roland Platz
Cable Guy: Dennis Albricht
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Katharina Nädelin
Assistant Make Up: Aylin Özbah
Costume Designer: Karin Burkert
Wardrobe: Dorothea Lücke
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up: Olaf Ittenbach
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Michael Poettinger
Set Decorator: Guido Feiertag
Prop Master (Germany): Oliver Baumgärtel
Prop Master (USA): Nathan Waldron
Assistant Prop Master: Birgit Wildfeuer
OTHER CREW
Assistant Script Supervisor: Wolfgang Foerster
Script Translator: Thomas Reitmair
Production Translator: Birgit Wildfeuer
Creator of Geena´s Old Book: Alexander Boyko
Paper of Geena´s Old Book Hand Made By: Akiko Tomikawa
LOCATIONS
Location Manager (USA): Marc Lammers
CASTING
Casting: Klaus J. Koch, Claudia Quirchmayr
CAST
Michael Carr (William)
Russell Friedenberg (Luke)
Kimberly Liebe (Geena)
Matthias Hues (Blond Man)
Hank Stone (Jeff)
Harvey J. Alperin (Nicolas)
Darren Shahlavi (Peter)
Chris Kriesa (Mike)
Morgan Hunter (thug)
Jeff Motherhead (Casey)
Birgit Stauber (Jaqueline)
Chin Meyer (Michael)
Joe Cook (Joe)
Andrea Seitz (Sylvia)
Brian Addinal (gangster)
Jay Harik (motel owner)
PLOT SUMMARY
Two hikers in the California desert are abducted by Psycho Mike, The
Kern River Killer but manage to escape. Their problems are only just
beginning however, when they seek refuge in a small town where the mysterious
Blond Man has raised a Legion of the Dead.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
Theatrical Distributors: VCL Communications GmbH / X-Vision Filmproduction
GmbH & Co KG
DVD Distributor: VCL Communications
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Germany
Rating: 16 (cut DVD and video version); 18
USA
Rating: R (for violence, language, drug use and some nudity)
TIMELINE
2002
February
9: Germany - DVD release (VCL Communications)
April
16: Netherlands - shown at the Fantastic Film Festival
November
5: USA - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Kuoleman legioona - Finnish title
Le6ion of the Dead - US title
Legión de los muertos, La - Argentine video/Spanish
title
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
film dienst vol.55 no.1 (1 January 2002)
p.33 (Germany)
review (by Anselm Jungeblodt)
KEYWORDS
deserts, hikers, serial killers, zombies
Last Updated:
18 March, 2009
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