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The Giant Buddhas (2005) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Christian Frei

Cast  

Taysir Alony Taysir Alony ... Self - Journalist
Sayeed Mirza Hussain Sayeed Mirza Hussain ... Self - Bamiyan Cave Dweller (as Sayyed Mirza Hussain)
Peter Mettler ... Narrator - English version
Nelofer Pazira Nelofer Pazira ... Self - Journalist
Zémaryalaï Tarzi Zémaryalaï Tarzi ... Self - Archaeologist
Xuanzang Xuanzang

Produced by 

Christian Frei ... producer
Madeleine Hirsiger ... co-producer
Paul Riniker ... co-producer
Peter Spoerri ... line producer: pre-production

Music by 

Jan Garbarek
Philip Glass
Steve Kuhn
Arvo Pärt

Cinematography by 

Peter Indergand

Editing by 

Christian Frei
Denise Zabalaga ... (uncredited)

Production Management 

Bernard Weber ... executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Denise Zabalaga ... assistant director

Sound Department 

Florian Eidenbenz ... sound designer / sound mixer
Mark Kenna ... consultant: Dolby film sound
Julien Martin ... foley mixer
Dieter Meyer ... sound
Gadou Naudin ... foley artist

Visual Effects by 

Paul Avondet ... visual effects
Patrick Lindenmaier ... visual effects supervisor / visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department 

Massoum Quesmat ... additional cinematography: UNESCO sequence

Editorial Department 

Paul Avondet ... color correction
Loredana Cristelli ... edit supervisor
Patrick Lindenmaier ... color correction
Denise Zabalaga ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Manfred Eicher ... music consultant

Additional Crew 

Paul Bucherer ... advisor: Afghanistan Museum
Swen Connrad ... video footage: historic sequence
Claudia De Morsier ... translator: Chinese
Julius Effenberger ... legal advisor
Béatrice Eglin ... production assistant / researcher: television news compilation
Allegra Grevelius ... translator: English
Armin Grün ... advisor: ETH Zurich
Arham Haq ... translator: Dari
Shoaib Harris ... translator
James Lewis ... video footage: historic sequence
Richard Liu ... translator
Christian Manhard ... advisor: UNESCO Paris
Belinda Pudil ... production accountant
Thomas Pudil ... production accountant
Yves Raeber ... translator: French
Paul Riniker ... narration supervisor
Jan Rofekamp ... world sales: Films Transit International
Satar Samim ... translator
Top Treuhand ... production accountant
Denise Zabalaga ... translator: Arabic / translator: Dari

Thanks 

Peter G. Achten ... thanks
Mohammad Rahim Aliyar ... thanks
Jihad Ali Ballout ... thanks
Siddiq Barmak ... thanks
Roland Besenval ... thanks
Damien Cordier ... thanks
Marc Deville ... thanks
Daisy Du ... thanks
Abdul Wasey Feroozi ... thanks
Sarah Finke ... thanks
Philippe Flandrin ... thanks
Ute Franke-Vogt ... thanks
Martin Hadlow ... thanks
Ibrahim Helal ... thanks
Helen Heller ... thanks
Hu Ji ... thanks
Abdul Karim Khalili ... thanks
Deema Khatib ... thanks (as Dima Khatib)
Laurent Lévi-Strauss ... thanks
Kosaku Maeda ... thanks
Christian Manhart ... thanks
Omara Khan Massoodi ... thanks
Edmund Melzl ... thanks
He Miao ... thanks
Sha Mohammad ... thanks
David M. Ostriker ... thanks (as David Ostriker)
Xiaoping Ouyang ... thanks
Zafar Paiman ... thanks
Michael Petzet ... thanks
Yu Quntong ... thanks
Sayyed Makhdoom Raheen ... thanks
Michaël Rakotozonia ... thanks
Nader Rassouli ... thanks
Gisela Treichler ... thanks
Thomas Urban ... thanks
Li Xichen ... thanks
Sun Jian Ying ... thanks
Hassan Zaki ... thanks

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