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cast: 25
crew: 37
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# Waiting for the Barbarians (2019): cast and crew

25 cast and 37 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Mark Rylance](https://film.one/person/mark-rylance.md) as The Magistrate
- [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md) as Colonel Joll
- [Robert Pattinson](https://film.one/person/robert-pattinson.md) as Officer Mandel
- [Gana Bayarsaikhan](https://film.one/person/gana-bayarsaikhan.md) as The Girl
- [Greta Scacchi](https://film.one/person/greta-scacchi.md) as Mai
- [David Dencik](https://film.one/person/david-dencik.md) as The Clerk
- [Sam Reid](https://film.one/person/sam-reid.md) as The Lieutenant
- [Harry Melling](https://film.one/person/harry-melling.md) as Garrison Soldier #4
- [Bill Milner](https://film.one/person/bill-milner.md) as Garrison Soldier #5
- [Gursed Dalkhsuren](https://film.one/person/gursed-dalkhsuren.md) as Old Prisoner
- [Tserendagva Purevdorj](https://film.one/person/tserendagva-purevdorj.md) as Old Barbarian
- [Hami Belal](https://film.one/person/hami-belal.md) as Joll's Man #1
- Wil Coban as Mandel's Guard #1
- David Moorst as Garrison Soldier #6
- Joseph Long as Baker
- Clem So as Barbarian 5
- Isabella Nefar as Star
- Dulguun-Erdene Garamkhand as Boy Prisoner
- Adam Bensallah as Mai's Grandson
- Nayef Rashed as Farmer #1
- Haqi Ali as Farmer #2
- Younes El Mejjad as Small Boy #2
- Simon Luca Oldani as Garrison Sentry #1
- Faical El Kihel as Garrison Sentry #2
- Laura Cosac as Baker's Wife

## Directing

- [Ciro Guerra](https://film.one/person/ciro-guerra.md): Director
- Mohammed Hamza Regragui: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Ciro Guerra](https://film.one/person/ciro-guerra.md): Screenplay
- J.M. Coetzee: Novel

## Production

- [Olga Segura](https://film.one/person/olga-segura-gall.md): Producer
- [Andrea Iervolino](https://film.one/person/andrea-iervolino.md): Producer
- [Monika Bacardi](https://film.one/person/monika-bacardi.md): Producer
- Michael Fitzgerald: Producer
- Zakaria Alaoui: Line Producer
- Deborah Dobson Bach: Line Producer
- [Brian W. Cook](https://film.one/person/brian-w-cook.md): Co-Executive Producer
- Leo Davis: Casting
- Lissy Holm: Casting
- Penelope Glass: Executive Producer
- Andrea Zoso: Executive Producer
- Danielle Maloni: Line Producer
- Davide Tovi: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Chris Menges](https://film.one/person/chris-menges.md): Director of Photography
- Olly Tellett: First Assistant "A" Camera
- Paul Snell: Second Assistant "A" Camera

## Editing

- [Jacopo Quadri](https://film.one/person/jacopo-quadri.md): Editor
- Ilario Monti: First Assistant Editor
- Leonardo Balestrieri: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Giampiero Ambrosi](https://film.one/person/giampiero-ambrosi.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Domenico Sica: Supervising Art Director
- Annick Biltresse: Art Department Coordinator
- [Crispian Sallis](https://film.one/person/crispian-sallis.md): Production Design, Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Carlo Poggioli](https://film.one/person/carlo-poggioli.md): Costume Design
- Marta Roggero: Makeup Department Head
- Armido Pezzato: Hair Department Head
- Matthew Smith: Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- Malika Bouizergane: Makeup Artist
- Hamdan Malika: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Thorsten Rienth: VFX Artist

## Lighting

- Jonathan Spencer: Chief Lighting Technician

## Crew

- Erika Scaramella: Post Production Supervisor
- Alex Matcham: Production Controller

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