Gegen die Wand = Head-on / Bavaria Film International ; Wüste Filmproduktion ; in co-produktion mit Corazón International ; und NDR in Zusammenarbeit mit Arte ; produzenten, Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert ; buch und regie, Fatih Akin.

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Cahit Tomruk is in his forties, a rock 'n' rolling boozer with a purposeless, dead-end job. Sibel Güner desperately wants to escape her conservative Turkish family. Both are German-born Turks equally ill at ease in either culture; seeking a new life, and a morality that will withstand the constant...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Gegen die Wand (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Bavaria Film International (Firm)
Wüste Filmproduktion (Firm)
Corazón International (Firm)
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Association relative à la télévision européenne
Strand Releasing (Firm)
Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Schwingel, Ralph (Producer)
Schubert, Stefan, 1970- (Producer)
Akin, Fatih, 1973- (Screenwriter, Director)
Ünel, Birol, 1961-2020 (Actor)
Kekilli, Sibel, 1980- (Actor)
Striebeck, Catrin (Actor)
Kıraç, Güven, 1968- (Actor)
Cumbul, Meltem (Actor)
Klausmann, Rainer, 1949- (Cinematographer)
Bird, Andrew, 1956- (Film editor)
Maeck, Klaus, 1954- (Musical director)
Language:German
Turkish
English
Language of the Original:
German
Turkish
Language and/or Writing System:
In Turkish and German with optional subtitles in English.
Published: [Hamburg] : [Culver City, Calif.] : Wüste Filmproduktion, GmbH ; Strand Releasing, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Widescreen, letterbox.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Prejudices > Germany > Drama.
Turks > Germany > Drama.
Germans > Turkey > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Germany > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Turkey > Drama.
Germany > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
Turkey > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
Germans.
Man-woman relationships.
Prejudices.
Social conditions.
Turks.
Germany.
Turkey.
1900 - 1999
Drama.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Head-on. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD

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