A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
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Fatih AkinWriter:
Fatih Akin
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Cast
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| Baki Davrak | ... | Nejat Aksu | |
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Gürsoy Gemec | ... | Sohn des Tankstelleninhabers |
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Cengiz Daner | ... | Tankstelleninhaber |
| Tuncel Kurtiz | ... | Ali Aksu | |
| Nursel Köse | ... | Yeter Öztürk | |
| Nurgül Yesilçay | ... | Ayten Öztürk | |
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Idil Üner | ... | Ärztin |
| Erkan Can | ... | 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 |
| Nejat Isler | ... | 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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Opening Weekend USA:
$18,593, 25 May 2008, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$741,283, 12 October 2008Company Credits
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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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Written by Mario Tronco
Performed by L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
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The second entry in a proposed trilogy entitled "Liebe, Tod und Teufel" ("Love, Death and the Devil"). "Gegen die Wand" ("Head-On") was the first. See more »Goofs
When the Lotte is driving through Bremen, she passes a bus in which Jeter (Jessy) and Baki were sitting after visiting Baki's father in the hospital. The first time we see them sitting in the bus, they are sitting together in the same seat. When Lotte passes the bus, they are sitting opposite of each other. 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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Before the credits start to roll, there's a dedication to producer and actor Andreas Thiel, who died in Istanbul shortly before filming was finished. See more »Soundtracks
Sahara BluesWritten by Mario Tronco
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This is the "Short Cut" concept once again, but in a much more clever way. It says that everybody are destined to get together. For better and for worse. We don't know it, but our movie audience understands.
This is also about the relation between Germany and Turkey and West and East at the present moment. The two are closer now than they used to be, but both parts are still hurt after each meeting. Unconditional love is hard to reach, but people try, without knowing it.
A movie about sadness but also a little about hope. Many things are too late, but some things aren't. You'll definitely sit through the final scene, for reasons which shall not be mentioned here.