The Waiting Time (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Stuart Orme

Writers:

Patrick Harbinson (writer)
Gerald Seymour (novel)

Release Date:

28 October 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault. |

Plot Keywords:

Germany | Post Cold War | Cold War | Espionage | The Wall

Awards:

1 win

Cast

John Thaw	...	Joshua Mantle
Zara Turner	...	Tracy Barnes
Mark Pegg	...	Sgt Hanson
Struan Rodger	...	Albert Perkins
Hartmut Becker	...	Dieter Krause
Colin Baker	...	Giles Fleming
Buffy Davis	...	Olive Harris
Johanna Lonsky	...	Eva Krause
Christoph Dostal	...	Hans Becker
Carl Duering	...	Pastor Weiden
Roland Schäfer	...	Jorg Brandt
Thomas Morris	...	Willie Muller
Michael Sarne	...	General Pyotr Rykov
Christien Anholt	...	Ben Rogers
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ronni Ancona	...	RMP Colonel (as Ronnie Ancona)
Ingrid Appenroth	...	Archive Official
Stephen Ballantyne	...	Julius Goldstein
Felix Bresser	...	Klaus Hoffmann
Christopher Chilton	...	Sentry
Anette Felber	...	Freda Brandt
Joerg Fischer	...	Russian Colonel
Britta Gartner	...	Hildegard Fielder
Peter Grunig	...	Fisherman 1
André Hennicke	...	Gunther Peters
Susanne Hoss	...	Brigit Muller
Paul Humpoletz	...	Karl Gerber
Alexei Jawdokimov	...	Russian Interpreter
Rashid Karapiet	...	Mr Sohal
Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt	...	Walter Becker
Wolfgang Kühne	...	Ulf Fischer
Victor Lindegrin	...	Tank Commander
Mac McDonald	...	Larry Rendell
Stuart Organ	...	Major Perry Johnson
Brenda Peters	...	Mrs Adelaide Barnes
Simon Shackleton	...	Mr Protheroe
James Smith	...	Colonel Wishart
Mark Tandy	...	Peter Vansittart
Renate Usko	...	Anna Becker
Karl-Heinz Volker	...	Fisherman 2
Andreas Wisniewski	...	Ernst Raub
Daniel Wozniak	...	Russian Driver
Yuksel Yolcu	...	Pension Owner

Directed by
Stuart Orme

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Patrick Harbinson		writer
Gerald Seymour		novel

Produced by
Chris Burt	....	producer
Ted Childs	....	executive producer
Ray Frift	....	associate producer
Rudi Teichmann	....	service producer

Original Music by
Colin Towns

Cinematography by
Peter Middleton

Film Editing by
Jamie McCoan

Casting by
Simone Baer		(as Simone Bär)

Production Design by
Robin Tarsnane

Art Direction by
Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer
Niki Wateridge

Set Decoration by
Manfred Geber

Costume Design by
Mike O'Neill

Makeup Department
Jill Hagger	....	hair designer
Jill Hagger	....	makeup artist
Kitty Kratschke	....	makeup artist
Gillian Thomas	....	hair stylist
Gillian Thomas	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Meinholf Hartung	....	production supervisor: Germany

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Dibsdall	....	second assistant director
Marcus Hüholt	....	third assistant director
Michael Mallinson	....	first assistant director
Conny Neetenbeek	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Miranda Cull	....	assistant art director
Michael Fechner	....	property master
Gonda Hinrichs	....	assistant art director
Peter Hoffmann	....	stand-by props
Philippa McLellan	....	production buyer
Ariane Niehüser	....	assistant art director
Terry Royce	....	chargehand props
Colin Thurston	....	property master
Tobias Frank	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Paul Cridlin	....	boom operator
John Downer	....	digital sound editor
Paul McFadden	....	digital sound editor
Sarah Morton	....	digital sound editor
Ian Tapp	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christian Wangler	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Bernd Rautenberg	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital effects

Stunts
Volkhard Buff	....	stunt coordinator
Alister Mazzotti	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Armin Bach	....	electrician
Christopher Britton	....	clapper loader
David Hedley	....	electrician
Ian Maghie	....	camera grip
Andrew McDonnell	....	focus puller
Stuart Roweth	....	chief electrician
Claudia Schnoor	....	first assistant camera: additional camera
Ronald Schwarz	....	best boy electric
Ronald Schwarz	....	electrician (as Ronny Schwarz)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michele Carragher	....	wardrobe mistress
Samantha Horn	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Marc Eskenazi	....	video post-production
Joanna Garrard	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Markus Bensch	....	location manager
Neil Chaplin	....	production accountant
Christine Fenton	....	production coordinator
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	assistant location manager
Pauline Harlow	....	script supervisor
Alan Pinniger	....	location manager
Valerie Rosewell	....	assistant accountant
Philip Shelley	....	script editor
Martina Stachorski	....	production coordinator
Sarah Walden	....	assistant to producer
Stuart Morton	....	rushes synchronisation (uncredited)

Production Companies

• B&T Film
• Carlton Television

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (1999) (UK) (TV)

Special Effects

• Snow Business International (snow effects)

Other Companies

• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording
• B&T Film  production services: Germany
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Runtime:

148 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 (VHS rating)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

B&T Film

Cracking post-cold war thriller

Cracking post cold war thriller set largely in former Eastern Germany. All of cast on top form, especially leads, Thaw and Turner. Climax is satisfying and has an unexpected sting in the tail. Ambivolence of intelligence services in post cold war era is well portrayed.