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Die letzten Tage der Menschheit

Crew and music

Who made the film, what you hear, and whom we thank.

Writer and director

Written and directed by
Wolfgang Ritzberger

Production

Production company
RitzlFilm – Wolfgang Ritzberger, Vienna
Producer
Elisabeth Uhl
Head of production
Elisabeth Uhl
Production accountant
Pascale-Solange Uhl
Production managers
Claudia Cornez
Benjamin Lehner
Assistant director
Reinhard Schreiber
Trainees
Salem Maier
Bora Bruckner

Camera and lighting

Director of photography
Walter Kindler, aac
Camera
Peter Roehsler
Peter Hackl
Vincent Ritzberger
Wolf Günter
Walter Kindler, aac
Camera assistants
Isabella Drechsler
Manon Pichon
Sebastian Wess
Martin Unterkirchner
Benjamin Lehner
Vincent Ritzberger
Leon Albert
DIT
Christina Weigl
Lighting
Erich Mang
Christoph Ribitsch
Wolfgang Lederer

Sound

Location sound
Artur Tsal-Tsalko
Amatus Schneider
Sound assistants
Vincent Ritzberger
Kevin Namiotko
Re-recording mix, sound design
Artur Tsal-Tsalko

Make-up

Make-up
Liane Baal
Victoria Kirchner

Editing and post-production

Editors
Ingrid Koller
Marco Carso
Assistant editors
Sabrina Joksimovic
Christina Weigl
Marie-Christine Riffert
Colour grading, post-production
Christof Halasz
AI animation, graphics
AIstronauts
Jakob Schweighardt

Advisers

Translation
Marie-Christine Riffert
Legal counsel
Dr. Denis Witvoet

Music

  • Draußen ist Krieg

    Provinz

    Music and lyrics: Vincent Waizenegger, Felix von Heymann, Tim Tautorat, Farsad Zoroofchi and Pierre Vogt

    © Hanseatic Musikverlag and Edition 1000Geschenke, Sony Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH, Neubau Music Publishing GmbH, BMG Rights Management GmbH, Edition Irrsinn Notendruck, Universal Music Publishing GmbH

    By kind permission of Warner Chappell Musikverlag Gesellschaft m.b.H.

  • Dies irae, Tuba mirum

    Giuseppe Verdi, Requiem

    Choir and orchestra of the Musikgymnasium Wien, conducted by Guido Mancusi

  • Jockey-Polka

    Josef Strauss

    Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Wien, conducted by Guido Mancusi

  • Scherzo for Orchestra

    Guido Mancusi

    Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra, conducted by Guido Mancusi

    Guido Mancusi: Orchestral Works Vol. 2, ℗ and © 2024 paladino music

    By kind permission of HNE Rights GmbH and GME Musikverlag

  • Festliche Fantasie

    Guido Mancusi

    By kind permission of GME Musikverlag

  • Kyrie from the Missa ad Tempum Festivuum

    Guido Mancusi

    By kind permission of GME Musikverlag

Thanks to

  • Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien
  • Wienbibliothek im Rathaus
  • Karl Kraus Archiv
  • Presseclub Concordia
  • Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence
  • Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
  • Artstetten Castle

Special thanks to

  • Dr. Gebtraud Schild-Burggasser
  • Dr. Georg Burggasser
  • Dr. Denis Witvoet
  • Irmgard Errath

Archives

  • Österreichisches Filmarchiv (Austrian Film Archive)
  • White House Press Office, Washington DC
  • Press Office of the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow
  • Vatican Radio
  • Artstetten Castle

Equipment

  • Digi Rental
  • Avisys
  • Ton Eichinger
  • Boels Rental
  • LGL Lichttechnik
  • Equipment Cafe
  • Bobo Pictures
  • Digitalkamera Verleih
  • Funktechnik Böck
Theatre scenes
“Die letzten Tage der Menschheit” by Karl Kraus, filmed by kind permission at the performance of the association “Die letzten Tage der Menschheit” in the Serbenhalle, Wiener Neustadt, 2019.
Locations
Serbenhalle Wiener Neustadt and locations in Vienna and Lower Austria, including Artstetten Castle.
AI in the film
Scenes, illustrations and animations around the influencer, and in part the influencer herself, were created or edited with the AI programs Sora (OpenAI) and Deevid AI and by the AIstronauts and Jakob Schweighardt.