Credits

This film was generously supported by
A grant from Allan and Shelley Holt and the Hillside Foundation in loving honor of Allan’s parents, Jenny and Irving Holt

The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

The dedication and passionate commitment of Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat and Fran Eizenstat

The Commission for Art Recovery, under chairman Ronald S. Lauder, works tirelessly to return art stolen by the Nazis to the families and institutions that rightfully own them. We are grateful for their sponsorship of this film

Dedicated to all the prisoners of Terezin, 1941-1945.

Produced by

PETER SCHNALL
DOUG SHULTZ

Written & Directed by

DOUG SHULTZ

Music Director

MURRY SIDLIN

Editor

MARK FASON

Executive Producers

WHITNEY JOHNSON
PETER SCHNALL

Narrated by

BEBE NEUWIRTH

Associate Producer

ADINA PLISKIN

Director of Photography

PETER SCHNALL

Story Development

DON CAMPBELL

Production Manager

JAMES BURKE

Researchers

ADINA PLISKIN
JAMES BURKE

Associate Editor

GEORGE PANOS

Animation

JILLI ROSE

DEFIANT REQUIEM Concert
Conductor

MURRY SIDLIN

Technical Producer

MARK RULISON

Associate Artistic Director

AMY ANTONELLI

Soloists

Sharon Christman, Soprano
Eleni Matos, Mezzo Soprano
Steven Tharp, Tenor
Gary Relyea, Bass

Virtuosi Pragenses with members of The Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra
Members of The Catholic University of America Chorus, Leo Nestor, Director of Choral Activities
Members of The Washington Chorus, Robert Shafer, Music Director

Field Producer

ERICA SASHIN

Field Co-Producer

GLENN REIMER

Music Consultant

MICHAEL SCAROLA

Sound Consultant

RICHARD FIOCCA

DEFIANT REQUIEM FOUNDATION

Stuart E. Eizenstat

Chairman of the Board

Louisa Hollman

Executive Director

Janet Masetti

Chief Financial Officer

ADDITIONAL MUSIC

Herbert Greenberg, solo violinist and concert master
Michael Mermagen, Solo ‘Cellist
John Blake Arrington, Clarinet
Amy Antonelli, Piano
Destiny Ann Hoyle, Violin
Shearom Chung, Viola
Kyle Augustine, Double Bass

Sound Engineer

MICHAEL MERMAGEN

Additional tracks generously provided by:

VERETSKI PASS
Cookie Segelstein
Joshua Horowitz
Stuart Brotman

‘Papir is Dokh Vays’
‘Libus Nign’
‘Berols Rikudl’

Additional Camera

SCOTT CARRITHERS
RUBEN PACHECO
PETR BEDNAR
JAROMIR PAVICEK
RADEK LOUKOTA
SAM MONTAGUE
CHIP NUSBAUM

Sound Recordists

GEORGE SHAFNACKER
MICHAEL CHARLES COLE
PETE LEE
JIM GILCREST

Online Editor / Colorist

BJORN BELLENBAUM

Sound Mixer / Designer

BRIAN BEATRICE

Sound Editor

CODY TWITCHELL

Legal Services

KENNETH M. WEINRIB
FRANKLIN, WEINRIB, RUDELL & VASSALLO, P.C.

Production Accountant

REBECCA COHEN

Czech Production
Milk & Honey Pictures

Executive Producer

TOMAS KREJCI

Line Producers

PAVLA PRUNEROVA
ZDENEK FLIDR

Production Managers

DAVID MAJ
TEREZA POLACHOVA

Production Coordinators

ADAM PORKERT
KATERINA OTAHALOVA
TEREZA SPINELLI

1ST AD

PETR SAMEC

Location Managers

ROBERT MEHRLE
RADEK AUBRECHT

Cast

Rafael Schachter PETR LOUZENSKY
Girl at Piano ELIZABETH KISOVA
Soloist JITKA BURGETOVA

The Kuhn Choir, Marek Vorlicek, Conductor

Women’s Choir

LEA BEZDEKOVA
ELISKA BEJCKOVA
ELISKA DEMEL-TRNOVA
JANA DVORAKOVA
JANA EHRENBERGEROVA
JITKA HURTIKOVA
EVA KROFTOVA
MARIE MATEJKOVA
LENKA PECHAROVA
HANA PETZELTOVA
JOHANA SUCHANKOVA
OLGA ZEMANOVA

Men’s Choir

JOSEF BRINDZAK
KAMIL CELIKOVSKY
JAN HOLUB
JAKUB HRUBY
ZDENEK KAZDA
MICHAL KRUSEK
PETR KUBACAK
JAROSLAV NOVAK
JOSEF OSLADIL
MARTIN RUDOVSKY
MARTIN STOLBENKO
LOOUTER TUKKER

Sound Recordists

MATEJ MATUSKA
MICHAL GABOR
MICHAL CECH
PETR FOREJT
JACHYM DUSBABA

Camera Assistants

TOMAS MUNZBERGER
STEPAN SVOBODA

Focus Puller

MAREK SCHNIERER

Gaffers

FILIP MAREK
VASEK NOVAK

Key Grip

LUDEK HYNEK
JAN ROCNAK

Grip

JIRI SCHMIDT

Best Boy

EVZEN SAFRANEK

Jib Grip

JIRI MICHAL
JONAS NAKIELNY

Wardrobe

TEREZA DVORAKOVA
MARTIN CIZEK

Casting

CINEJESSY

Key Make-up

HANA SURKALOVA

Make-Up

MISA KREBSOVA

Prop Master

ROMAN CHOCHOLA

Props

KATERINA LOKVENCOVA

Construction

STANDA DRUBA

HD Technicians

PETR CUDA

VTR Operator

RONALD TELINGER

Production Assistants

MARYANA KOZAK
TOMAS HUSEK
TYLER GOODEN
PETER MUELLER
MARTIN BABIC

Catering/Chef

PAVEL KUTINA
ROSTA BELOHLAVEK

Transportation

ZDENEK BAUM
RENATA MADEROVA
MILAN MADERA
ZDENEK VAVRA
DAVID HYSEK
LUKAS LUKAS
JAROSLAV LACINA
HONZA SMOLDAS
DANIEL SINKULIC
TOMAS HUSEK

Camera Car

JIRKA DVORAK
RADEK POSPISIL

Sound Truck

PETR SYS

Generator SD Car

FRANTISEK PANOCHA

Runners

PETR FOUSEK
JAN MOJZIS
PER RADEK

Stock Footage and Stills

Terezin Memorial
International Committee Of The Red Cross
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Wiener Library Institute Of Contemporary History
Yivo Institute For Jewish Research
Steven Spielberg Film And Video Archive, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Gift Of Julien Bryan Archive
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Courtesy Of Bernard And Emery Klein
Yad Vashem Photo Archives
Central State Archive For Photos & Films, Kiev
Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film Gmbh
Jewish Museum In Prague Photo Archive
The National Center For Jewish Film, At Brandeis University
Museum Of Jewish Heritage
National Museum Prague, Czech Republic
Jewish Museum Berlin, Permanent Loan Of Thomas Fritta-Haas
Katja Manor
Jan And Eva Rocek
Edgar Krasa
Zdenka Fantlova
Oddball Film & Video, San Francisco
Thought Equity Motion
Itn Source/ Reuters
Getty Images
Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS FILM WAS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY

Alcatel-Lucent
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
The Honorable Ann Brown and Donald Brown
BlackRock
Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker
Alan Kestenbaum, Asher Foundation
UPS
The Ryna & Melvin Cohen Family Foundation, Inc.
The Trust for Mutual Understanding
Joan and Irving Harris Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Kessler
Edward and Ann Colby
Willa B. Perlmutter
Calvin Cafritz
Christie’s

We would also like to acknowledge the many donors who supported the 2010 Defiant Requiem Concert in Washington, DC and whose contributions helped to underwrite this film.

SPECIAL THANKS

Katja Manor

Terezin Memorial

Dr. Jan Munk, Executive Director

Terezin Memorial, Education

Petra Pernickova

Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic

Tomas Kraus, Executive Director

Mayor of Terezin

Ruzena Cechova

Town Manager of Terezin

Miloslav Kubicek

The Fritta-Haas Family

Hilary Sio

Jeff Seymann Gilbert

In Memory of

ROSA GLUCKENHEIM