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Holy Spider (2022) Poster

(2022)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Ali Abbasi

Writing Credits  

Ali Abbasi ... (written by) &
Afshin Kamran Bahrami ... (written by)
 
Jonas Wagner ... (story supervisor)

Cast (in credits order)  

Alice Rahimi Alice Rahimi ... Somayeh
Diana Al Hussen Diana Al Hussen ... Somayeh's Daughter
Soraya Helli Soraya Helli ... Zari Khanum (as Soraya Helly)
Mehdi Bajestani Mehdi Bajestani ... Saeed
Zar Amir Ebrahimi ... Arezoo Rahimi
Hazem Elian Hazem Elian ... Taxi Driver
Arash Ashtiani ... Sharifi
Sohaib Qista Sohaib Qista ... Gholam
Forouzan Jamshidnejad ... Fatima
Maryam Taleb Maryam Taleb ... Khadijeh
Salma Alabed Salma Alabed ... Zahra
Sina Parvaneh ... Rostami
Ariane Naziri Ariane Naziri ... Soghra
Mesbah Taleb Mesbah Taleb ... Ali
Marie-Jo Khojandi Marie-Jo Khojandi ... Old Prostitute
Nima Akbarpour ... Judge
Haidar Qaraeen Haidar Qaraeen ... Old Man at Bakery 1 (as Haidar Qara'een)
Jawdat Saleh Jawdat Saleh ... Old Man at Bakery 2
Firouz Agheli Firouz Agheli ... Haji
Jeries Al Nahas Jeries Al Nahas ... Sandwich Shop Owner
Yazeed Manaseer Yazeed Manaseer ... Man on Motorcycle
Serwan Karim Serwan Karim ... Police Officer 1
Mohammad Khasawneh Mohammad Khasawneh ... Police Officer 2
Hussam Al Mohisen Hussam Al Mohisen ... Forensic Expert
Foad Hameed Foad Hameed ... Farmer
Dilarom Khushvakhtovna Dilarom Khushvakhtovna ... Older Lady
Omar Alashoush Omar Alashoush ... Boy in Shanty Town
Hamid Djavadan Hamid Djavadan ... Agha Rasul (as Hamid Javdan)
Sara Fazilat Sara Fazilat ... Zinab
Anwar Kethia Anwar Kethia ... Kiosk Owner
Vali Jokar Vali Jokar ... Agha Jan
Zaha'a Nessan Zaha'a Nessan ... Officer 1
Amir Habeeb Amir Habeeb ... Officer 2
Mohammad Aljbore Mohammad Aljbore ... Grocery Shop Owner
Lyandro 'Lulu' Gethya Lyandro 'Lulu' Gethya ... Customer
Mohammad Rateb Mohammad Rateb ... Thin Man
Ahmad Reyhaneh Ahmad Reyhaneh ... Somayeh's Father
Rokhshana Breshna Bahar Rokhshana Breshna Bahar ... Somayeh's Mother
M. Ali Nazarian M. Ali Nazarian ... Lawyer (as Ali Nazarian)
Sima Seyed Sima Seyed ... Saeed's Mother
Farhad Faghih Habibi Farhad Faghih Habibi ... Prosecutor
Baboka Zaki Baboka Zaki ... Soldier
Majd Eid ... Photographer
Wael Baghdadi Wael Baghdadi ... Photographer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aria Farjadi ... Witness (uncredited)
Mahdi Jahangir Mahdi Jahangir ... Receptionist (uncredited)

Produced by 

Ali Abbasi ... producer
Zar Amir Ebrahimi ... associate producer
Johnny Andersen ... line producer: Development
Aseel Abu Ayyash ... Assistant Line Producer
Alexander Bohr ... associate producer: ZDF/ARTE
Sol Bondy ... producer
Rémi Burah ... co-producer: ARTE France Cinéma
Fred Burle ... co-producer: One Two Films
Pascal Caucheteux ... co-producer: Why Not Productions
Birsin Colakoglu ... line producer: pre-production
Urte Amelie Fink ... line producer
Nina Helveg ... junior producer
Barbara Häbe ... associate producer: ARTE
Jacob Jarek ... producer
Christina Jæger ... post producer
Christoph Lange ... executive producer: One Two Films
Vincent Maraval ... co-producer: Wild Bunch
Calle Marthin ... co-producer: Nordisk Film Production Sweden
Ditte Milsted ... executive producer: Profile Pictures
Rula Nasser ... line producer / line producer: Jordan
Peter Possne ... co-producer: Film i Väst
Olivier Père ... co-producer: ARTE France Cinéma
Daniela Ramin ... line producer: One Two Films
Mathias Schwerbrock ... Lineproducer in prep
Grégoire Sorlat ... co-producer: Why Not Productions
Holger Stern ... associate producer: ZDF/ARTE
Eva Åkergren ... co-producer: Nordisk Film Production Sweden

Music by 

Martin Dirkov

Cinematography by 

Nadim Carlsen ... director of photography

Editing by 

Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Hayedeh Safiyari

Casting By 

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Production Design by 

Lina Nordqvist

Art Direction by 

Anas Balawi

Costume Design by 

Hanadi Khurma

Makeup Department 

Morten Jacobsen ... special makeup effects artist
Farah Jadaane ... makeup department head
Hamza Kachkache ... hair stylist
Noureddin Meqbel ... make up daily (as Noureddine Meqbel)
Jeries Al Nahas ... barber
Hamzeh Qashaqesh ... hair stylist
Mohammad Rasheed ... makeup artist
Siwar Saub ... assistant makeup artist
Aseel Yasin ... make-up intern

Production Management 

Raya Aburub ... production manager
Lina AlHaj ... production coordinator
Bunyamin Babaoglu ... production manager: Turkish Pre-Production Crew
Sadik Ekinci ... head of production: Turkish Pre-Production Crew
Boris Mang ... post production producer
Jan Meyerdierks ... production manager: ensemble recordings
Anne-Lise Pollakowsky ... junior post-production manager
Tareq Shuqom ... assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Tarik Afifi ... first assistant director
Farah Al-Majali ... third assistant director
Azza Hourani ... second assistant director
Ahmad Khomakho ... third assistant director

Art Department 

Sune Elskær ... storyboard artist
Ibrahim Gaisi ... set dresser
Abdol Hamid ... assistant props
Mahmoud Hamzawi ... swing gang
Mahdi Jahangir ... graphic designer
Yousef Mahasneh ... scenic artist
Amir Nasif ... Picture Vehicles Coordinator
Jamal Odeh ... property master
Hameed Pahang ... props assistant
Muhannad Qasim ... Assistant scenic artist
Taha Radaydeh ... set dresser
Abdullah Rahhal ... art buyer/dresser
John Rang-Schmidt ... Production designer assistant
Danni Riddertoft ... Moodboard: development / poster artwork
Hisham Tayem ... swing gang
Martin Uppman ... Sketch Artist

Sound Department 

Gregor Bonse ... re-recording mixer
Martin Dirkov ... composer
Peyman Ghalambor ... boom operator: ensemble
Patrick Ghislain ... foley mixer
Georg Hackenberg ... production sound
Kai Hoffmann ... assistant dialog editor
Moritz Hoffmeister ... additional foley editor
Payam Hosseinian ... adr editor
Ben King ... QC Audio
Jan Meyerdierks ... adr mixer / foley mixer: additional foleys
Julien Naudin ... foley artist
Thomas Neumann ... additional sound design
Mikkel Nielsen ... sound effects editor
Peter Niemeyer ... boom operator
Kasper Rasmussen ... sound effects editor
Rune Sand ... sound effects editor
Peter Sandmann ... additional foley artist
Immo Trümpelmann ... additional dialog editor
Ferdinand Vennemann ... mixing assistant
Lajos Wienkamp-Marques ... supervising sound editor
Rasmus Winther Jensen ... sound editor
Alexander Wunsch ... mixing assistant

Special Effects by 

Rabea Samour ... special effects crew
Waleed Al Subeihat ... special effects crew

Visual Effects by 

Jörundur Rafn Arnarson ... visual effects supervisor: on-set
Ruben Ejdestig ... visual effects artist: dupp film
Zafer Fanari ... visual effects artist: dupp film
Emil Gunnarsson ... visual effects artist: dupp film
Peter Hjorth ... visual effects supervisor
Magnus Jonsson ... visual effects artist: dupp film
Anders Nyman ... visual effects supervisor: dupp film
Per Nyman ... visual effects artist: dupp film
Pär Olsson ... visual effects artist: dupp film

Stunts 

Wael Baghdadi ... local stunt coordinator / stunt double: Sharifi
Natalie Hussein ... stunt double: Rahimi
René Lay ... stunt coordinator
Marwan Naghway ... stunt double: Saeed (as Marwan Dodo)
Alexandra Peltekian ... stunt double: Zinab
Anas Al Shishani ... stunt double: Saeed

Camera and Electrical Department 

Mohammad Ali Balaawi ... key grip
Mohammed Amaireh ... VTO
Zaid Assaf ... dit
Mohammed Badawi ... key grip
Matthias Franz ... Gaffer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin
Philip Jagtschain ... lighting assistant 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin
Ahmad Jarrar ... alternate VTO
Nasser Kadamani ... second assistant camera
Zaid Kanaan ... second assistant camera
Sinan Al Khatib ... drone operator
Martin Lerche ... Light Design
Ahmad Abu Najem ... electrician
Mahmoud Abu Najem ... spark
Mohammad Abu Najem ... best boy
Yazan Abu Nijem ... gaffer
Markus Ohlhus ... Gaffer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin
Benjamin Raeder ... first assistant camera 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin
Stefan Rücker ... DIT 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin
Talal Salah ... grip
Zaid Abu Saud ... electrician
Axel Stock ... first assistant camera
Markus Zucker ... cinematographer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin

Casting Department 

Seyed Javad Hashemi ... acting coach
Hala Jarrah ... casting coordinator
Mohammad Kloob ... casting director Jordan
Tara Morani ... casting assistant (as Taha Moghani)
Saeed Nasiri ... casting coordinator: Turkey

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Tuleen Abida ... costume assistant
Rez Fâdjanï ... Art & Costume Advisor/Research
Nabil Khoury ... costume supervisor
Yasmine Lutfi ... costume intern

Editorial Department 

Paul Andexel ... Project Manager: Rotor Film
Daniel Brinck ... editing assistant
Martin Frühmorgen ... managing director: Rotor Film
Benjamin Herb ... online editor
Sebastian Hermann ... Mastering/DCP Engineer
Clemens Kindermann ... online editor
Signe Staugaard Koch ... Assistent Post Coordination DK
Holger Lehmann ... managing director: Rotor Film
Petra Lisson ... colorist
Maurits Malschaert ... trailer editor
Lucian 'Toro' Mannucci Hirsch ... editing assistant (as Luciana Manucci)
Thor Ochsner ... Additional Editor / additional editor
Rostam Persson ... editing assistant
Franziska Rausch ... post-production coordinator
Andreas Schellenberg ... post-production superivsor
Molly Malene Stensgaard ... editing consultant
Hakan Strandhag ... Project Manager: Edisen
Anna-Sophie Voll ... Online Titles
Niklaas Warda ... Project Manager: Rotor Film
Sanne Öberg ... Editing Assistant: Edisen

Location Management 

Abdullah Daoud ... unit assistant
Hazem Elian ... location manager
Feras Faour ... location security
Omar Hasan ... unit assistant
Samer Kadash ... unit assistant
Azeez Moghrabi ... Unit supervisor
Mustafa Mursi ... unit assistant
Osama Mursi ... unit assistant
Gökhan Seven ... location scout: Turkish Pre-Production Crew
Emad Toghoj ... locations

Transportation Department 

Osama Abu Ali ... production driver
Mustafa Badwan ... driver: Wardrobe Truck
Hasan Enbeh ... driver: Light & Grip Truck
Diya' Ghawadreh ... production driver
Wael Adul Haj ... Driver: cast car
Waleed Abu Al Haj ... Driver: Directors car
Khader Abu Hashish ... driver: Set Dressing Truck
Moustafa Isaa ... driver: WC Truck
Mohammad Khalifehei ... driver: Makeup & Hair Truck
Mahmoud Nassif ... production driver
Nidal Nsairat ... production driver
Fayez Qateel ... driver: Props Truck
Yanal Rawashdeh ... production driver
Omair Shraifat ... production driver
Khaled Shtiwi ... driver: Unit Truck
Raed Al Turk ... driver: Camera Truck

Additional Crew 

Mahdi Abu-Salma ... daily set pa
Alaa Algburi ... production assistant
Ahmad Alnaimat ... set medic
Aseel Abu Ayyash ... assistant line producer
Anzor Bij ... daily set pa
Melanie Dastmalchi ... producer assistant: Profile Pictures
Tanya Schurter Deutschbein ... Production Controller
Kyle Garrett Greenberg ... Distribution
Alberte Gross ... office assistant: Profile Pictures
Ahmad Hadeed ... daily set pa
Waleed Abu Al Haj ... production runner
Tahmin Hannon ... production accountant
Emilie Bredtved Hansen ... producer assistant: Profile Pictures
Farshad Hashemi ... assistant to director
Mostafa Khalaileh ... daily set pa
Omar Khomakho ... daily set pa
Signe Staugaard Koch ... office assistant: Profile Pictures
Emma Lind ... producer assistant: Profile Pictures
Simone Lund-Jensen ... production controller
Abdullah Moghrabi ... unit intern
Aske Nielsen ... Intern: Profile Pictures
Zakaria Sawalha ... daily set pa
Sima Seyed ... dialogue coach
Bahaa Shishani ... daily set pa
Mani Tilgner ... travel and booking
Islam Turbo ... daily set pa
Anna Warfvinge ... assistant to producer

Thanks 

Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm ... the director wishes to thank
Roxana Adle ... the director wishes to thank
Ali Akdeniz ... the director wishes to thank / the producers wish to thank
Milad Alami ... special thanks
Helge Albers ... the producers wish to thank
Fabien Arséguel ... the producers wish to thank
David Atlan Jackson ... the producers wish to thank
Hamraz Bayan ... the director wishes to thank
Christoffer Berg ... the director wishes to thank
Julie Billy ... the producers wish to thank
Rasmus Birch ... the director wishes to thank
Marise Boylan ... the producers wish to thank
Jacob Clemmensen ... thanks
Maha Dakhil ... the director wishes to thank
Isabella Eklöf ... special thanks
Behrooz Hashemian ... the director wishes to thank (as Behrouz Hashemian)
Shahab Hosseini ... the director wishes to thank
Gholamreza Moosavi ... the director wishes to thank
Jessica Nickelsberg ... the director wishes to thank (as Jessica Nicklesberg)
Gry Raaby ... special thanks
John Rang-Schmidt ... the director wishes to thank (as John Rang Schmidt)
Amanda Tabak ... the director wishes to thank
Ingeborg Topsøe ... the director wishes to thank
Marianne Tønsberg ... the director wishes to thank
Jonas Wagner ... special thanks
Attila Yucer ... the director wishes to thank
Ida Ziniti ... the director wishes to thank

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