Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Writer:

Fatih Akin (writer)

Release Date:

27 May 2005 (Turkey)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Archive Footage | Rap | Break Dance | Istanbul | Cape

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Alexander Hacke	...	Himself
Baba Zula	...	Themselves
Orient Expressions	...	Themselves
Duman	...	Themselves
Replikas	...	Themselves
Erkin Koray	...	Himself
Ceza	...	Himself
Istanbul Style Breakers	...	Themselves
MercanDede	...	Himself
Selim Sesler	...	Himself
Brenna MacCrimmon	...	Herself
Siyasiyabend	...	Themselves
Orhan Gencebay	...	Himself
Müzeyyen Senar	...	Herself
Sezen Aksu	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sertab Erener	...	Herself

Directed by
Fatih Akin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fatih Akin		writer

Produced by
Fatih Akin	....	producer
Sandra Harzer	....	producer (as Sandra Harzer-Kux)
Christian Kux	....	producer
Klaus Maeck	....	producer
Tina Mersmann	....	line producer
Andreas Thiel	....	producer

Cinematography by
Hervé Dieu

Film Editing by
Andrew Bird

Sound Department
Johannes Grehl	....	sound
Andreas Hildebrandt	....	sound designer
Andreas Hildebrandt	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Wolf Bosse	....	digital artist
Dirk Frischmuth	....	digital artist
Frank Mirwald	....	colorist
Ralf Wacker	....	digital intermediate
Ralf Wacker	....	visual effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Fatih Akin	....	camera operator: second unit

Other crew
Fatih Akin	....	translator
Erhan Ozogul	....	production accountant

Thanks
Birol Ünel	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Corazón International
• Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
• intervista digital media

Distributors

• A-Film Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Bavaria Film (2005) (Germany) (all media)
• Cineworx (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• MK2 Diffusion (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Multitone Film (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pictorion Pictures GmbH (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Victor Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Optical Art  film recording
• Pictorion_das Werk  digital laboratory

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Germany | Turkey

Language:

English | German | Turkish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | UK:12A | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Finland:S | Brazil:Livre | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Grand Hôtel de Londres aka Büyük Londra Oteli, Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

Corazón International

Trivia:

Director Fatih Akin also acted as camera operator on the film.

Movie Connections:

References Gegen die Wand (2004)

Very Successful

It is a very great film (documentary) about Istanbul and their people and it's music of every kind. Editing and the success of the director is very impressive. I've been interested with Faith Akin since I saw the "Gegen die Wand" ("Head-On") ("Duvara Karsı") and I admired his work very much but this one has been the most touching one for me so I'm here writing this. It is not just about Turks or something like that, it is a very good biography of a city and how music stay alive in it we can say. There are views of many people and so very variant ideas about even life and love. I liked it very much and I thing anyone and everyone should see it, NOT ONLY but especially the ones anyhow related with Turkey...