
Literary adaptation: a handsome youth of humble origins rises in society through his connections made as an elevator attendant in a luxury hotel.
Cast

Jannis Niewöhner
Felix Krull

David Kross
Louis de Venosta

Liv Lisa Fries
Zaza

Nicholas Ofczarek
Stanko

Maria Furtwängler
Madame Houpflé

Joachim Król
Professor Kuckuck

Désirée Nosbusch
Madame Kuckuck

Dominique Horwitz
Receptionist

Max Hopp
Schimmelpreester

Annette Frier
Felix's Mother
Michael Mertens
Engelbert Krull

Martin Wuttke
Clock Maker

Harriet Herbig-Matten
Eleonor Twentyman

Anian Zollner
Lord Kilmarnock

Andrea Zogg
Stürzli

Deleila Piasko
Zouzou

Christian Friedel
King of Portugal
Lior Kudrjawizki
Young Felix Krull

Axel Moustache
Jacques

Aurélie Thépaut
Governess
Wieland Schönfelder
Head Waiter

Peter Jordan
Bank Employee #1

Philippe Graber
Bank Employee #2

Bernd Hölscher
Recruiting Officer #1

Detlev Buck
Senior Physician

Nick Romeo Reimann
Krönke

Heinrich Schafmeister
De Venosta's Father

Petra Berndt
Drunk Woman
Jakob Walser
Drunk Man #1
Lea Schulz
Olympia Krull
Tobias M. Giesecke
Drunk Man #2
Stefan Strohm
Homeless Man

Charly Hübner
(uncredited)

Katja Flint
(uncredited)
Christo Klahr
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Crew

Detlev Buck
Director, Co-Writer

Daniel Kehlmann
Writer

Thomas Mann
Novel
Peter R. Adam
Editor
Marc Achenbach
Director of Photography
Valerie Adamer
Second Assistant Director
Alice Weibhauser
Second Assistant Director
Andrea Kapeller
Assistant Director
Willi Geike
Executive Producer
Christian Franckenstein
Executive Producer
Markus Zimmer
Producer
Laura Roll
Producer
Andreas Habermaier
Line Producer
Josef Sanktjohanser
Production Design
Siegfried Wagner
Casting
Frauke Firl
Costume Design
Anette Keiser
Makeup Artist
Rebecca Hanke
Art Department Coordinator
André Bendocchi-Alves
Sound Designer
Martin Steyer
Sound Mixer
Frank Heidbrink
Sound

Helmut Zerlett
Original Music Composer
Nane Cornelius
Property Master
Annett Lausberg
Assistant Production Design
Barbara Bernhard
Assistant Production Design
Uwe Greiner
Gaffer
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