On the Outside

Credits

Here are the wonderful people who lived, envisioned, and brought this project to life with us. Thank you all for the inspiring time we spent together!

01 August 2026
5 min read

Actors

Erik (old)

Eric Bouwer

Father

Milton Welsh

Mother

Maria Schuster

Brother (old)

Michael Jassin

friend 1

Konrad Bellmann

friend 2

Anselm Warmuth

Brother (young)

Paul Schröder

Doctor

Markus Seidensticker

Erik (young)

Maximilian Gärtner

Pizza Roller double

Christian Klömich

Dana

Bianca Göpel

Blind man

Reinhard Friedrich

Shop Owner

Matthias Weber

School children

Children of the primary school at Schwemmbach

Reporter

Anne-Marie Naumann

Police Assistant

Maximilian Hahn

Fire Department

Ronny Händel

Andreas Both

Petzold Michael

Felix Trenkmann

Mandy Rößger

Franziska Roman

Judge voice

Henri Bibow

Court Audience

Eva Maria Gebhardt

Pauline Reinhardt

Court servant

Dieter Gebhardt

Driver

Michael Müller

Patrolman

Jürgen Anger

Television guy

Klaus Hiller

Visagist

Peter Köhler

Recording manager

Annekathrin Walther

TV director

André Bohne

Studio technician

Sebastian Altmann

Moderator

Roman Held

Pastor

Peter Geist

mourners

Frank Helbig

Jonas Manuel Helbig

Jasmin Bär

Martina Lipfert

Karin Gentsch-Geist

Brigitte Dietrich

Ralf Quellmalz

Anita Lichtenstein

Günther Lichtenstein

Film Crew

Camera/ Light

Matthias Engmann

Underwater camera

Ingo Liesche

Sound Engineer

Andreas Vorwerk

Sebastian Peter

Sound Assistant

Stefan Schiminski

Matthias Schmidt

Written & Directed by

Winfried Bellmann

Set Manager

Doreen Schweikowski

Set Design

Pauline Reinhardt

Set Design Assistant

Maximilian Hahn

Costume Design

Sven Abe Tjalma

Makeup Artist

Peter Köhler

Studio Equipment

Sebastian Altmann

Setrunner

Martin Pleiß

Catering & Making of

Jana Barth

Production

Camera technology

Tobias Scherer

Casting

Doreen Schweikowski

Maria Schuster

Location Scout

Matthias Engmann

Editing & Post

Winfried Bellmann

Sound Mixing

Tommy Feiler

Music

Tommy Feiler

André Bohne

Management

Doreen Schweikowski

Translation

English

Ragna Amling

Spanish

Christoph Wiegand

Russian

Anastasia Egorova

Polish

Dominika Jedrychowska

Many thanks to:

Altenburger Land Hospital
Aviation Sports Club Altenburger Land e.V.
Friends of the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg
Schwemmbach Elementary School, Erfurt
Garbisdorf Protestant Parish
Langenleuba-Niederhain Volunteer Fire Department
Waldenburg European High School
Limbach-Oberfrohna Public Library
Leinawald District Forester Jörg Zippel
Jasmin Bär
Enrico Scholz
Jörg Schumann
Maria Barbara Naumann
Family Cornelia Bellmann
Family Sabine Schweikowski
Tina Holz
Jean Claude Schwab
Annekatrin Walter
Theaterfundus Berlin
Siegfried Hennig
Adoption Agency & Youth Welfare Office Erfurt
Sport Hoffmann Erfurt

With the kind support of the Kamprad Altenburg Publishing Group

Special thanks to:

Günther Lichtenstein
Family Stefan Lichtenstein
Ralf Quellmalz
Silvia Wachsmuth
Georg Friedemann
Klaus Hiller
Ariane Petzold
Heidrun Lohse
Wolfgang Andrä

Sponsoring

Saalfeld Community Brewery
Förster Baker
Muldental Car Dealership, Grimma
Burgmühle Farm Cheese Factory, Haina
Joey's Pizza

Supported by the Bernard von Lindenau Scholarship in 2008