The Ballad of a Small Player
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- Year
- 2025
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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Edward Berger
- Producer
- Edward Berger, Mike Goodridge, Matthew James Wilkinson
- Executive Producer
- Ellie Gibbons, Mark Nolting
- Editor
- Nick Emerson
- Screenwriter
- Rowan Joffe (screenwriter), Lawrence Osborne (based on the novel by)
- Director of Photography
- James Friend
- Production Designer
- Jonathan Houlding
- Music
- Volker Bertelmann
- Principal cast
- Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Alex Jennings, Fala Chen
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Production Status
Production Company
Germany, UK co-production
Good Chaos (UK), Nine Hours (DE), Stigma Films (UK)
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