Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh (Me Boss, You Sneaker)
With actors Hussi Kutlucan and Wiebke Inn English availability Gemeinsam mit anderen Flüchtlingen aus aller Welt kommt der Armenier Dudie an Bord eines Containerschiffs in Hamburg an. Nachdem seine Freundin sich auf eine Scheinehe mit einem deutschen Mann eingelassen hat, verlässt auch Dudie die bedrückende Umgebung des Schiffes und quartiert sich mit gefälschten Papieren in […]
Wenn der Richtige kommt (When the Right One Comes Along)
With actors Isolde Fischer and Can Sengül Paula Hartnagel works as a cleaning woman, leading an ordinary life. She loves life but, being a dreamer, she lives in a world of her own. When Paula believes to have found the man of her dreams in Mustafa, a Turkish security guard, her quite ordinary life suddenly […]
Das kalte Paradies (Cold Paradise)
Links: IMDB Genre(s): Drama, Melodrama;
Milchwald (This Very Moment)
With actors Miroslaw Baka and Horst-Günter Marx Available on DVD This is the story of Sylvia, who looses her stepchildren on a shopping trip in Poland. For fear of loosing her husband’s love, too, she is unable to tell him what has happened and returns home, pretending everything is fine. Upon realising his children are […]
Terror 2000 – Intensivstation Deutschland
Der Film zeigt in Anlehnung an das Gladbecker Geiseldrama zwei Verbrecher auf der Flucht. Verfolgt von der Polizei und umringt von der Presse quälen sie in einer ostdeutschen Kleinstadt Asylanten. Aus den Geschehnissen versuchen nicht nur westdeutsche Neo-Nazis, sondern auch Lokalpolitiker Vorteile zu ziehen. Mit “Terror 2000” beschließt Christoph Schlingensief seine Deutschlandtrilogie, zu der außerdem […]
Bye-Bye
With actors Sami Bouajila, Nozha Kouadra, Philippe Ambrosini After a family tragedy, two young French-Arab brothers leave Paris and end up on the door step of their uncle and his family in Marseilles. Once there, the two are pulled apart as one is seduced by the streets and its life of drugs and crime, while […]
Menschen auf der Treppe (People on Stairs)
Die Filmemacherin Hatice Ayten widmet sich in der Kurzdokumentation “Menschen auf der Treppe” zwei Orten, die für zahllose Türken zu einem Symbol der Migrationsbewegung geworden sind: den Istanbuler Bahnhöfen Sirkeci und Haydarpasa. Links: Film Portal, IMDB
Freunde (Friends)
With actors Benno Fürmann and Christiane Paul available on DVD in Germany Nils, Caro and Tayfun: They used to be best friends when they were young. They shared everything, and together they were on the top of the world. But their friendship fell apart when Caro couldn´t decide whether to be in love with Nils […]
Die Schweizermacher (The Swissmakers)
With actors Emil Steinberger and Walo Lüönd Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task – especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the possible danger they represent to the orderliness and cleanliness of the country. Bodmer gets a new assistant […]
Die Grenze – Granica (Border)
Genre(s): Classic Documentary;