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Zischke

  • 19861986
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Zischke (1986)
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IMDb RATING
7.4/10
12
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POPULARITY
342,774
72,131
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    • Director
      • Martin Theo Krieger
    • Writers
      • Martin Theo Krieger(screenplay)
      • Reinhard Münster
    • Stars
      • David Strempel
      • Amira Ghazalla
      • Michael Altmann
    • Director
      • Martin Theo Krieger
    • Writers
      • Martin Theo Krieger(screenplay)
      • Reinhard Münster
    • Stars
      • David Strempel
      • Amira Ghazalla
      • Michael Altmann
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    David Strempel
    • Zischke
    Amira Ghazalla
    Amira Ghazalla
    • Tamina
    Michael Altmann
    • Hanke
    Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp
    • 1. Beamter der Ausländerpolizei
    Dominik Bender
    • 2. Beamter der Ausländerpolizei
    Youssef El Sidani
    • Youssef
    Amado Meaini
    • Sami
    Darja Lingerberg
    • Fanny
    Knut Rauter
    • Pacman
    Ilona Lewanowski
    • Junge Prostituierte
    Gytta Schubert
    • Margit
    Peter Kern
    Peter Kern
    • Regisseur
    Gerd Wameling
    • Vernehmungsbeamter
    Fakri Nasraha
    • Abu Chakib
    Ricci Mainz
    • Zuhälter
    Karl Schulz
    • Passfälscher
    Susanne Luepertz
    • Direktorin
    Hans Martin Stier
    • Küchenbülle
    • Director
      • Martin Theo Krieger
    • Writers
      • Martin Theo Krieger(screenplay)
      • Reinhard Münster
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    6/10
    the divided city
    The large cast of characters in this lively German feature provides a rough cross-section of a malcontent society in transit: corrupt policemen, cynical young prostitutes, illegal Lebanese aliens, delinquent runaway children, and Zischke himself: a sullen but self-reliant teenage cartoonist abandoned by his mother when she follows her American GI boyfriend back to the land of milk and honey across the Atlantic. Is it any wonder that a city with such a chronic identity problem as pre-unification Berlin would be inhabited by a shifting population of rootless, restless souls? Everyone here is vaguely dissatisfied and desperate for some way (any way) out, which soon arrives in the coveted form of two forged passports. The production benefits from some youthful enthusiasm on both sides of the camera, but there isn't much substance behind all the attractive black and white photography. And the script is fatally overwritten, introducing so many peripheral subplots that the final resolution can't help but seem anticlimactic.
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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1986 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Filming locations
      • West Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Martin Theo Krieger Filmproduktion
      • Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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