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5.9/10   87 votes
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Director:
Andreas Thiel
Writer:
Kai Hensel (writer)
Release Date:
14 September 2000 (Germany) more
Genre:
Thriller
Awards:
1 nomination more
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a heated evening when Western civilization nearly collapsed more

Cast

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Fatih Akin ... Tony
Jule Ronstedt ... Christine

Steffen Wink ... Jan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ingolf Lück
Axel Milberg ... Richter Krauss
Jennifer Moritz ... Dancing Queen
Ernie Reinhardt (as Lilo Wanders)
Christof Wackernagel
Antonio Wannek
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Souls (Germany) (video title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Germany:16

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a heated evening when Western civilization nearly collapsed, 1 April 2005
8/10
Author: Juha Varto from Finland

Westeners think they are rational and good people. Immigrants learn quite soon what are the weak points in our culture and in us. We think we are coherent and clever but someone looking from outside easily solves the knot of coherence and cleverness. Andres Thiel's fine film gives us one night, one immigrant of second generation and three "clever" German people. And heat. Jan and Christine are naive, even stupid students who play the compulsory play of dating, separating and committing (whatever). Once again separated Jan bumps to a Turkish guy Tony who keeps Jan running after his whistle. He asks Jan for five minutes to tell him his story. This five minutes grows to a school of Western Morality and Hypocrisy. Jan presents every single belief we cherish but in context that shows them ridiculous. Both Jan and Christine are like kids whose reason is gravely underdeveloped. They "want" everything, they "desire" all, they "can't" something but they have no idea what life is all about. Tony, on the contrary, knows well: he has his agenda, no sentimentalism, nothing free. Westeners are make-believe people with book-learned ideas. But in real situation every one of us is like vermin, too: in case one has power over any other person, we use it even if it be an ax. The film is very wise, very embarrassing if one has any shame left, and has in Tony's role the most charming home-Turk of Hamburg, Faith Akin.

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