Auf der anderen Seite (2007)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Writer:

Fatih Akin (writer)

Release Date:

27 September 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Turkey | Istanbul | Death | Prostitute | Police

Awards:

21 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Nurgül Yesilçay	...	Ayten Öztürk aka Gül
Baki Davrak	...	Nejat Aksu
Tuncel Kurtiz	...	Ali Aksu
Hanna Schygulla	...	Susanne Staub
Patrycia Ziolkowska	...	Charlotte 'Lotte' Staub
Nursel Köse	...	Yeter aka Jessy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ali Akdeniz	...	Plainclothes Policeman May 1
Aliye Alioglu	...	Old woman in Camburnu
Asuman Altinay	...	Türkan
Onder Cakar	...	Riza Bey
Erkan Can	...	Nejat's Cousin
Emre Cosar	...	Cengiz
Gengiz Daner	...	Gas station owner
Sevilay Demirci	...	Nurhan
Elcim Eroglu	...	Elcim
Gürsoy Gemec	...	Son of gas station owner
Cigdem Göymen	...	Selen
Nurten Güner	...	Nurten
Faik Hüzmeli	...	Waiter Londra
Ilhan Hüzmeli	...	Waiter Londra
Nadire Irtel	...	Woman in staircase
Nejat Isler	...	Commissioner
Jörg Jänicke	...	ASB
Ömer Kaar	...	Turkish street kid
Salih Kaar	...	Turkish street kid
Yusuf Kaba	...	Flute player
Sileyman Kaplan	...	Arif (as Süleyman 'Sly' Kaplan)
Gökhan Kirac	...	Young Police Officer
Güven Kiraç	...	Security guard
Feridun Koc	...	Security guard
Mert Koc	...	Turkish street kid
Öznur Kula	...	Prisoner
Sule Nayir	...	Prison guard
Stefanie Piehl	...	Policewomen traffic check
Yelda Reynaud	...	Emine
Lars Rudolph	...	Markus Obermüller
Turgay Tanülkü	...	Cem
Andreas Thiel	...	Konsulatsmitarbeiter
Gükce Isil Tuna	...	Prisoner
Annette Uhlen	...	Judge
Idil Üner	...	Doctor
Andreas Westphal	...	Policeman traffic check
Michael Wolf	...	Border Official

Also Known As:

The Edge of Heaven (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Ai confini del paradiso (Italy)
On the Other Side (International: English title) (literal title)
Yasamin kiyisinda (Turkey: Turkish title)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

Germany | Turkey | Italy

Language:

German | Turkish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:M | UK:15 (re-rating on appeal) | UK:18 (original rating) | France:Unrated | Sweden:15 | Ireland:15A (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:16 (original rating) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Bremen, Germany

Company:

Anka Film

Trivia:

Nurgül Yesilçay - who is a big star in her native Turkey - had doubts about taking on the part of Ayten as she wasn't sure how audiences would react to seeing her as a revolutionary lesbian.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the movie, police officials are shown in the Pasakapisi Prison. Indeed, in Turkey the prisons are guarded and controlled not by the police but by the "prison guards" and the gendarme.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fatih Akin - Tagebuch eines Filmreisenden (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Menuet In G Moll, No. 5 Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena

Faith Akin, poet of the sadness and is becoming a master

After seeing his film Duvara Karsi (Gegen die Wand), I made a personal decide : I must see all his films before I die. Now, I believe that my last experience with "Auf Der anderen Seite" proved that I'm right with my decision. What I like to see in his films is hearing and seeing the love from different angle. Sadness is a way to understand the value of the love and he is showing us that in his own style. Even I stay against some of the characters, in my personal opinion, he tries to tell us that when you match with life and being wanted, being needed, all other constitutions and formations are nothing! He also uses and mentions Turkiye's crossing to a new looking and new thinking. His bridge between two cultures is so strong and this story could not be filmed by any other director. Excellent work and a must see.