A corridor at the UN Headquarters in New York. A young woman is trying to pull herself together: Waris Dirie is about to hold her first speech to the United Nations. A long way to come for a shepherd’s daughter from Somalia …
Hormann, a German-American born in Kingston, New York, won the Bavarian Film Award and the Silver
Max Ophüls Award fo her directing debut SILENT SHADOW (1991) — to which she also wrote the script.
She started her career as a set designer in Dominik Graf’s early works TIGER, LÖWE, PANTHER (1987), to
which she also wrote the script, and THE GAMBLERS (1989). Graf “rewarded” her with a role in Hormann’s
hit FATHER’S DAY (1996). The relationship comedy pulled in more than 1,5 million viewers. Sherry Hormann
is also working for TV and caused a furore at the cinema with her last work as a director, GUYS AND BALLS
(2004) — where she combined the subject of homosexuality with football.
2008 TIRO EN LA CABEZA (Bullet in the Head) /// 2007 LA SOLEDAD (Solitary Fragments) /// 2003 LAS HORAS DEL DIA (The Hours Of The Day)
Waris / Liya Kebede /// Marylin / Sally Hawkins /// Neil / Craig Parkinson /// Pushpa Patel / Meera Syal /// Waris (12) / Soraya Omar-Scego /// Harold / Anthony Mackie /// Lucinda / Juliet Stevenson /// Terry Donaldson / Timothy Spall
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 association with Backup Films (France) /// Scriptwriter / Sherry Hormann /// Cinematographer / Ken Kelsch /// Sound / Walter Fiklocki /// Film editor / Clara Fabry /// Production designer / Jamie Leonard /// Costume designer / Gabriele Binder /// Make-up artist / Michele Thevenet /// Casting / John & Ros Hubbard /// Financial support has been provided largely by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg / Filmförderungsanstalt / FilmFernsehFonds Bayern / Deutscher Filmförderfonds /
Eurimages / the NRW.BANK / the Austrian Film Institute / ORF and FilmFonds Wien
FORMAT / 35 mm / 1:1,85 / Colour / Dolby Digital 5.1 English / LENGTH approx. 120 min. /
