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Jerichow

  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.2K
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Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, and Hilmi Sözer in Jerichow (2008)
A drama centered on a discontent small businessman and the former soldier he hires to be his driver.
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The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. Th... Read allThe dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. That's when Thomas meets Laura, his Turkish boss's young and attractive wife. A classic love... Read allThe dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. That's when Thomas meets Laura, his Turkish boss's young and attractive wife. A classic love triangle is born, unfolding in desolate northeast Germany, where thick forests suddenly e... Read all

  • Director
    • Christian Petzold
  • Writer
    • Christian Petzold
  • Stars
    • Benno Fürmann
    • Nina Hoss
    • Hilmi Sözer
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    3.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Christian Petzold
    • Writer
      • Christian Petzold
    • Stars
      • Benno Fürmann
      • Nina Hoss
      • Hilmi Sözer
    • 15User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Benno Fürmann
    Benno Fürmann
    • Thomas
    Nina Hoss
    Nina Hoss
    • Laura
    Hilmi Sözer
    • Ali Özkan
    André Hennicke
    André Hennicke
    • Leon
    • (as André M. Hennicke)
    Claudia Geisler-Bading
    • Sachbearbeiterin
    • (as Claudia Geisler)
    Marie Gruber
    Marie Gruber
    • Kassiererin
    Knut Berger
    • Polizist
    • Director
      • Christian Petzold
    • Writer
      • Christian Petzold
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The plot and conflicts are very similar to James M. Cain's classic crime novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice", first published in 1934, only the setting and some characters are slightly different. Neither the original novel nor a screenplay of one of the many existing film versions are credited as a source.
    • Quotes

      Ali Özkan: I live in a country that doesn't want me with a woman that I bought

    • Connections
      References Zorba the Greek (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      Karar Verdim
      Written and Performed by Nilüfer

    User reviews15

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    5/10
    Meh...
    This is really a movie which didn't need to be made. I watched it because I greatly admire Benno Fuhrmann's work in North Face and in Joyeux Noel (a wonderful film, BTW).

    Enough folks here have done the comparisons with Double Indemnity, etc. etc. The acting and cinematography and realism of this film are all perfectly adequate. However, there isn't much character development, and therefore, not nearly enough to make me care about the 3 main characters. In fact, the one we get to know best is actually the Turkish husband, and I had more sympathy for him in a way that for the two protagonists, largely because we don't really know them. The movie isn't full of a bunch of intriguing plot twists, and the action is relatively slow-moving. The aspect of this film which most interested us was the setting in a part of Germany which none of us have seen. My husband is German, and the part we know is the extreme southwest, nothing northeast. We were also interested to see contemporary Germany actually being depicted. But, I'm sorry, this just isn't enough to justify the amount of time.

    Producers and directors need to be reminded that people today have a host of other entertainment options available to them and any movie they make should be MORE interesting than say, watching a ballgame on TV, surfing the internet, playing video games, sex with spouse, camping in the woods, going out to dinner with friends, watching YouTube, etc. etc. In other words, having an interesting, entrancing story is, at least in my mind, a good half the value of a film. Unfortunately, so many movies today just don't seem to be aware of the demand for a decent story, and I don't get that. I read a lot of thriller novels, excellently written, all of which would make fantastic films, and furthermore, I know from the authors themselves that they have sold the rights to make a movie from the books. So, I ask myself, why aren't THESE stories becoming movies, instead of a lot of the ho-hum stuff that does become film?
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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2009 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • German
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • 열망
    • Filming locations
      • Ahrenshoop, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
    • Production companies
      • ARTE
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
      • Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $60,379
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,042
      • May 17, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $906,590
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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