A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Director:
Fatih AkinWriter:
Fatih Akin
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Cast
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Gürsoy Gemec | ... |
Sohn des Tankstelleninhabers
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Cengiz Daner | ... |
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Idil Üner | ... |
Ärztin
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Cousin Ufuk
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Turgay Tanülkü | ... |
Cem
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Elcim Eroglu | ... |
Elcim
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Nurten Güner | ... |
Nurten
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Asuman Altinay | ... |
Türkan
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Gökhan Kiraç | ... |
Junger Polizeibeamter
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Kommissar
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Lars Rudolph | ... |
Herr Obermüller
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Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey,where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten. Written by omayra73@yahoo.com
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Release Date:
27 September 2007 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$18,593, 25 May 2008, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$741,283, 12 October 2008Company Credits
Production Co:
Anka Film, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Angelegenheiten der Kultur und der Medien (BKM), Dorje Film See more »
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Nejat Aksu: I asked my dad if he would have sacrificed me as well.
Susanne Staub: And what did he say?
Nejat Aksu: That he would even make an enemy of God to protect me.
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Germany's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
story: After telling the story of Abraham that was willing to sacrifice his son, Ismael, to show God his obedience. Before Abraham could slay his son God sent a lamb to sacrifice instead.Nejat Aksu: I asked my dad if he would have sacrificed me as well.
Susanne Staub: And what did he say?
Nejat Aksu: That he would even make an enemy of God to protect me.
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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.