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Andreas Dresen (writer)
Release Date:
12 August 1999 (Germany)
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The Pope is in town and the night of his visit is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin's inhabitants...
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6 wins
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9 nominations
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A finely executed kaleidoscope of big city life and how it determines people's actions.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Myriam Abbas | ... | Hanna |
| Dominique Horwitz | ... | Victor |
| Oliver Breite | ... | Jochen (as Oliver Bäßler) |
| Susanne Bormann | ... | Patty |
| Michael Gwisdek | ... | Peschke |
| Ricardo Valentim | ... | Feliz |
| Ade Sapara | ... | Ricardo |
| Imogen Kogge | ... | Rita |
| Horst Krause | ... | Taxifahrer / Cab Driver |
| Axel Prahl | ... | Polizist / Police Officer |
| Carmen-Maja Antoni | ... | Frau im Hospitz / Woman in Hospice |
| Ursula Karusseit | ... | Frau Gerhardt |
| Dagmar Sitte | ... | Kellnerin / Waitress |
| Christel Peters | ... | Alte Dame / Old Lady |
| Josefine Leuschner | ... | Rote |
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Nacht Gestalten (Germany) (DVD box title)
Night Shapes (USA)
Nightshapes (International: English title)
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Night Shapes (USA)
Nightshapes (International: English title)
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101 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Writer/director Andreas Dresen has produced a nice little film with Nachtgestalten. It works on a level where Michael Haneke's Code inconnue failed miserably. The people, thrown together in a cold city where it is unwise to lift a finger to help a stranger in distress, are real and believable. Their actions are determined by the logic of their personalities and social position; watching Code inconnue you get the nauseating feeling that it is Haneke's pretentious opinion that is being forced down your throat; again and again. Dresen's stories allow for biting humor as well as moments of painful desperation; especially in my favourite story : that of the homeless couple in search of a hotelroom. Andreas Dresen is one of those new wave of young German directors who are pulling their country out of the oblivion where I for one thought they would be for a long time yet. Together with Tom Tykwer and Roland Suso Richter - to name but a few- Andreas Dresen is a director to watch. His script is fluent and well balanced; the direction never showy but to the point. It's a shame that good European films like Nachtgestalten don't get a general release in most countries while appalling creations like Code Inconnue do.