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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Fatih Akin (book)
Release Date:
11 March 2004 (Germany)
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Plot:
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life...
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Awards:
23 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Fatih Akin’s ‘Soul Kitchen’ Trailer
(From The Film Stage. 27 July 2010, 9:03 PM, PDT)
Tribeca 2010 Winners: When We Leave, Monica & David, Sibel Kekilli, Eric Elmosnino
(From Alt Film Guide. 29 April 2010, 8:25 PM, PDT)
Christoph Waltz Gives an Award for a Change
(From FilmExperience. 26 April 2010, 4:08 AM, PDT)
(From The Film Stage. 27 July 2010, 9:03 PM, PDT)
Tribeca 2010 Winners: When We Leave, Monica & David, Sibel Kekilli, Eric Elmosnino
(From Alt Film Guide. 29 April 2010, 8:25 PM, PDT)
Christoph Waltz Gives an Award for a Change
(From FilmExperience. 26 April 2010, 4:08 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
One of the most SINCERE movies I ever seen.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Birol Ünel | ... | Cahit Tomruk |
 | Sibel Kekilli | ... | Sibel |
 | Catrin Striebeck | ... | Maren |
 | Meltem Cumbul | ... | Selma (Cousine) |
| Stefan Gebelhoff | ... | Nico |
| Francesco Fiannaca | ... | Mann am Tresen |
| Mona Mur | ... | Stammkundin Zoe Bar |
 | Ralph Misske | ... | Patient 1 (Psychiatrie) |
 | Philipp Baltus | ... | Patient 2 (Psychiatrie) |
| Hermann Lause | ... | Dr. Schiller |
| Karin Niwiger | ... | Kassiererin (Psychiatrie) |
| Demir Gökgöl | ... | Yunus Güner (Vater) |
| Cem Akin | ... | Yilmaz Güner (Bruder) |
| Aysel Iscan | ... | Birsen Güner (Mutter) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Monique Akin | ... | Kundin im Friseurladen |
| Canan Ata | ... | Canan |
| Cahit Aygüler | ... | Schläger |
| Adam Bousdoukos | ... | Barmann - Hochzeitsnacht |
| Yilmaz Canan | ... | Türsteher #1 |
| Aytun Ede | ... | Musiker |
| Selim Erdogan | ... | Taxifahrer |
| Tugay Erverdi | ... | Osman #3 |
| Nurcan Esmertürk | ... | Nurcan |
| Marco Greiser | ... | Abschlepper Disco |
 | Orhan Güner | ... | Busfahrer |
| Sileyman Kaplan | ... | Sly |
| Hatun Kazci | ... | Hatice |
| Güven Kiraç | ... | Seref |
| Feridun Koc | ... | Osman #1 |
 | Mehmet Kurtulus | ... | Barmann Istanbul |
| Zarah McKenzie | ... | Barfrau in der Fabrik |
| Alma Ouglu Sahin | ... | Türsteher 2 |
| Reinhold Schulz | ... | Gefängnisbeamter |
| Tulga Serim | ... | Osman #2 |
 | Tim Seyfi | ... | Bayerischer Taxifahrer |
| Herr Tekin | ... | Barbier |
| Andreas Thiel | ... | Standesbeamter |
| Misra Tomruk | ... | Pamuk - Tochter |
| Senol Ugurlu | ... | Shane |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Gegen die Wand" - Germany (original title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic sexuality, pervasive language, some brutal violence and drug content.
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Runtime:
121 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
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Certification:
Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Chile:14 | Hungary:16 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Australia:R | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:12 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R
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The film's first cut ran to 4 hours.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The psychiatrist at the beginning of the film tells Cahit about a song by the band The The containing the line "If you can't change the world, change your world". The actual quote (from the song "Lonely Planet", included in the album "Dusk") is "If you can't change the world, change yourself".See more »
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Featured in 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006) (TV)See more »
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Iag bariSee more »
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As I mentioned in the subject if you ask me to describe this movie only in one word, this word would be SINCERITY, or may be HONESTY.
Turkish people as a conservative society mostly do not get used to approaches towards Turkish culture in this movie by Fatih Akin. He successfully describes the boundaries formed around Sibel originated by her culture in an opposite-culture dominated country Germany. Fatih Akin has a free approach towards the life of Sibel surrounded by the WALLs built by her Turkish origin.
I believe the reason of the free & brave approach in Fatih Akin lies in his free social and cinematographical development as a later generation Turk at Germany. In Turkey, we have no chance to get that approach he has, from our local directors because of legal, social and market dominated factors in local Turkish cinema.
Besides movie tells a love story happened in an environment between, behind, among and surrounded by the WALLs. Sibel marries with an alienated looser man Cahit to break down the WALLs. But she forgot to plan about love. Love damages both of their lives in an unfortunate realistic way.
As a result, Gegen die Wand - Head-on - Duvara Karþý is a must see SINCERE movie by a Turkish director from German cinema.