Christian Preuss was born in 1952 in Hannover and began his acting career in 1970 when he gained a place at the city’s University of Music and Drama. During his training he was engaged for two pieces at the Junges Theater Göttingen and the Stadttheater Bielefeld and added two film roles in Munich (in ‘Hirnhexen’ by Ulla Stöckl and ‘Julia und Romeo’ by Franz Peter Wirth) to his c.v.. After graduation in 1974 he was engaged part-time at the Staatstheater in Hannover, and in Gießen and Kiel, before training in mask work and mime in Paris at the school of Jaques Lecoq. On his return to Germany in 1980 there followed diverse engagements at state theatres until he founded Theater Seraphin in 1986. Since 1994 Christian Preuss has appeared on stages throughout Germany and on television; so far he has been seen in 20 TV productions and two films, working with the likes of Vadim Glowna, Klaus Löwitsch, Peter Sattmann, Harald Leipnitz, Franz Peter Wirth, Heinz Reincke, Heidi Kabel, Dieter Wedel and Ulla Stöckl. While filming ‘Augenblicke’ he also played a role in the ‘Tatort’ episode Salzleiche.

Barbara Bernt, daughter of an actress and an architect, trained at the Neue Schauspielschule in Munich and began her career at the children’s and young people’s theatre attached to Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus. There followed engagements at theatres in Neuss, Marburg, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Bamberg, Hannover, Heilbronn and Stuttgart. Between engagements she appeared on television (the ‘Familie Heinz Becker’ and ‘Lindenstrasse’ series) and in the film ‘Ich schenk dir meinen Mann’ on ZDF, directed by Karola Hattop. When Barbara was not contracted for the season she toured Germany in her own production of the solo piece ‘Auftritt Dona Margarida’ by Roberto Athayde. Her favourite stage roles so far have been the Nurse in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Frau John in ‘The Rats’ by Hauptmann, Arkadina in ‘The Seagull’ (Chekhov), Jokasta in ‘Oedipus Rex’ by Sophocles, Paulina in ‘Death and the Maiden’ (Dorfman), Marthe Rull in ‘The Broken Pitcher (Kleist), the title role in Dear Elena Sergeyevna’(Razumovskaya) and Mary Tyrone in ‘A Long Day’s Journey into Night’ (O’Neill). In 2011 Barbara co-founded Unterhaltungsdienst.de with her partner, guitarist Jochen Schott, presenting performance art, theatre, literature and music; their first joint programme ‘Penthesilea, verstört’ was premièred in June 2011 and further productions are in preparation. Barbara loves France, dark chocolate and detective fiction, and is happiest when she’s in movement.

Weiyi Chang, in Hamburg geboren mit chinesischer Herkunft, liebt zwar Filme (Tanz und Kunst), aber hinter der Kamera hatte sie zuvor noch nie gestanden. Sie hat das Grundstudium in Betriebswirtschaft in Göttingen absolviert, hat dann die Uni verlassen, um mehr Praxis im Großhandel zu erhalten und hat noch einige Jahre im Verlagswesen im IT-Bereich assistiert.
Weiyi wurde wie ihr Kollege im Film Ye Zhou gecastet und schon nach dem ersten Treffen mit dem Regisseur waren sich alle drei einig, dass sie gemeinsam an diesem Projekt arbeiten wollten. Mit diesem Projekt ist ein wirklich großer Kindheitstraum in Erfüllung gegangen (hinter die Kulissen zu schauen und auch mitzuwirken). Mittlerweile ist Weiyi Chang Mutter von zwei Kindern, sie wird ihre Ausbildung im BodyMindSpirit in Zürich abschließen und lebt mit ihrer Familie in Niedersachen.