SHAPE OF WATER - DAS FLÜSTERN DES WASSERS ist ein modernes Märchen des meisterhaften Geschichtenerzählers Guillermo del Toro, das mit 4 Oscars* © ausgezeichnet wurde. Vor dem Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges in Amerika spielt der Film in den sechziger Jahren und handelt von der stummen Elisa (Sally Hawkins), die in einem versteckten Hochsicherheitslabor der Regierung arbeitet und dort eine isolierte Existenz fristet. Doch ihr Leben verändert sich drastisch, als sie und ihre Kollegin Zelda (Octavia Spencer) einem geheimen Experiment auf die Spur kommen. Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg und Doug Jones runden die Besetzung ab. * Bester Film (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale), Beste Regie (Guillermo del Toro), Beste Filmmusik (Alexandre Desplat), Bestes Szenenbild (Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeffrey A. Melvin)
| Sally Hawkins | Elisa Esposito |
| Doug Jones | Amphibian Man |
| Michael Shannon | Richard Strickland |
| Octavia Spencer | Zelda Fuller |
| Michael Stuhlbarg | Dr. Robert Hoffstetler |
| Richard Jenkins | Giles |
| David Hewlett | Fleming |
| Nick Searcy | General Hoyt |
| Stewart Arnott | Bernard |
| Nigel Bennett | Mihalkov |
| Lauren Lee Smith | Elaine Strickland |
| Martin Roach | Brewster Fuller |
| Allegra Fulton | Yolanda |
| John Kapelos | Mr. Arzoumanian |
| Morgan Kelly | Pie Guy |
| Marvin Kaye | Burly Russian |
| Dru Viergever | Military Policeman |
| Wendy Lyon | Sally (Secretary) |
| Cody Ray Thompson | Guard |
| Diego Fuentes | Worker |
| Madison Ferguson | Tammy Strickland |
| Jayden Greig | Timmy Strickland |
| Karen Glave | African American Wife |
| Danny Waugh | African American Husband |
| Dan Lett | Cadillac Salesman |
| Deney Forrest | Lou |
| Brandon McKnight | Duane |
| Clyde Whitham | Wet Cinema Patron |
| Jonelle Gunderson | Bus Passenger #1 |
| Cameron Laurie | Bus Passenger #2 |
| Evgeny Akimov | Russian Band |
| Sergey Nikonov | Russian Band (as Sergei Nikonov) |
| Vanessa Oude-Reimerink | Russian Band |
| Alexey Pankratov | Russian Band |
| Shaila D'Onofrio | Elisa Dance Double |
| Edward Tracz | Amphibian Man Dance Double |
| Guillermo del Toro | Amphibian Man |
| Alexandre Desplat | Composer |
| Dan Laustsen | Cinematographer |
| Sidney Wolinsky | Editor |
| Steve Baine | foley artist |
| Michael Baskerville | manager of sound operations |
| Alex Bullick | Sound Effects Editor |
| Christian T. Cooke | re-recording mixer |
| Devin Doucette | adr mixer |
| Nelson Ferreira | dialogue and adr supervisor |
| Dave Fritz | adr recordist |
| Glen Gauthier | Sound mixer |
| Paul Gosse | Sound mixer |
| Gina Gyles | foley assistant |
| Filip Hosek | assistant re-recording mixer |
| Matt Hovland | adr mixer: additional |
| Kevin Howard | Sound Effects Editor |
| John 'Wheels' Hurlbut | on set Pro Tools operator |
| Jason McFarling | cable person |
| Dashen Naidoo | Sound Effects Editor |
| Chris Navarro | adr mixer |
| Matthias Neumann | dubbing recordist |
| Peter Persaud | foley recordist |
| Jill Purdy | dialogue editor |
| Michael Rivera | adr recordist (as Mike Rivera) |
| Nathan Robitaille | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Soukup | Sound Recordist |
| Erik Southey | utility |
| Steve Switzer | Boom Operator |
| Kathie Talbot | sound and vocal design: trailer |
| Tyler Whitham | Sound Effects Editor |
| Brad Zoern | re-recording mixer |
