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User Rating:
7.2/10   1,716 votes
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Director:
Fatih Akin
Writer:
Ruth Toma (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 November 2002 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Plot:
In the sixties Romano Amato, his wife Rosa and their two sons Giancarlo and Gigi emigrate from Solino... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Akin Cooks Up Some Laughs in the 'Kitchen'
 (From ioncinema. 10 June 2008)

User Comments:
Great Work more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Christian Tasche ... Jos Vater
Barnaby Metschurat ... Gigi
Tiziana Lodato ... Ada

Antonella Attili ... Rosa
Moritz Bleibtreu ... Giancarlo
Annika Schmitz ... Jo Kind
Patrycia Ziolkowska ... Jo
Nicola Cutrignelli ... Gigi Kind
Michele Ranieri ... Giancarlo Kind
Cesare Mele ... Umberto Kind
Franco Iavarone ... Alfredo (as Franco Javarone)
Pino Cacace ... Carabiniere
Giuseppe Fernando Caputo ... Rosas Vater
Rosa Di Brigida ... Paola
Giuseppe De Rosa ... Antonio
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Additional Details

Runtime:
124 min | Germany:114 min (TV version)
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | Italian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich)
Filming Locations:
Apulia, Italy more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Originally, the screenplay was set in Oberhausen. It was changed to Duisburg because the film team found several locations in Duisburg that had hardly changed since the 1960s. It seems that Duisburg city authorities were not happy to hear that. more
Movie Connections:
References La caduta degli dei (1969) more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Work, 23 October 2002
9/10
Author: garfield203 from Karlsruhe, Germany

After Fatih Akins first work "Im Juli", which was fairly good, he created a really gorgeous italian family epic. Its a german movie, which is unfortunately a bad precondition, cause we rareley produce more than moderate movies ;). But this movie makes some very good snapshots of the time then. "Solino" is about a Italian immigrant who arrives in the "Ruhr" region of Germany during the 60s. The immigrant and his family then start the first Pizza restaurant in the region. The characters are excellent drawn. Especially Gigi, the main actor. You live every second, every feeling he does. His brother, played by Moritz Bleibtreu, isnt that good. Well, you just dont believe him the role. But the character is wellbalanced and fits perfectly into this script. I feel an urgent need to compare the style of this movie with the style of "The Godfather". Many people will probably hate this movie, say its boring. Not much tension? - yes, but an outrageous movie. 9 out of 10.

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