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Gegen die Wand (2004)

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User Rating: 8.0/10 (10,400 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Fatih Akin
Writer:
Fatih Akin (book)
Release Date:
11 March 2004 (Germany) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life... more | add synopsis
Awards:
23 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
among the best movies I've ever seen more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Birol Ünel ... Cahit Tomruk

Sibel Kekilli ... Sibel
Catrin Striebeck ... Maren

Meltem Cumbul ... Selma (Cousine)
Zarah McKenzie ... Barfrau in der Fabrik
Stefan Gebelhoff ... Nico
Francesco Fiannaca ... Mann am Tresen
Mona Mur ... Stammkundin Zoe Bar
Ralph Misske ... Patient 1 (Psychiatrie)
Philipp Baltus ... Patient 2 (Psychiatrie)
Hermann Lause ... Dr. Schiller
Karin Niwiger ... Kassiererin (Psychiatrie)
Demir Gökgöl ... Yunus Güner (Vater)
Cem Akin ... Yilmaz Güner (Bruder)
Aysel Iscan ... Birsen Güner (Mutter)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Duvara karsi (Turkey: Turkish title)
Head-On (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic sexuality, pervasive language, some brutal violence and drug content.
Runtime:
121 min
Country:
Germany | Turkey
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film's first cut ran to 4 hours. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Sibel inserts a CD into her CD player. The player is a Pioneer model that requires the CD to be inserted with the label side down. However, she inserts the CD with the label side up. The CD starts playing anyway. more
Quotes:
Cahit: Are you strong enough to split both of us?
Selma: Are you strong enough to destroy her life?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Fatih Akin - Tagebuch eines Filmreisenden (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Into Your Eyes more

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64 out of 82 people found the following comment useful:-
among the best movies I've ever seen, 25 August 2004
Author: Itýr Sezik (citir84) from Istanbul, Turkey

I haven't watched such a great movie for a long time and it is really great to see that this is a Turkish movie. After Nuri Bilge Ceylan's success with Uzak in Cannes Film Festival, Fatih Akin made a very successful move in contributing to Turkish cinema. First of all, the movie explains the life of the Turkish immigrants in Germany in a perfect way. We see how they cannot be neither German nor Turkish anymore. They are stuck in between and they act as punks. For instance, it is really true that most of the young Turkish people in Germany cannot speak Turkish, like Cahit. We also see the ridiculous pressure of Sibel's family: For instance, while her married brother threatens&beats her whenever she has a boyfriend, he and his friends can comfortably speak about how they sleep with prostitutes! Also the cast is very good, especially Sibel Kekilli and Birol Unel. I loved the scene where we can see the smile in Sibel's eyes in the amusement park: she is so much in love... In addition, there are so many things to say about the movie.. The story is a very striking one itself. The hopelessness of the characters in a world without love and moral values are explained so well-without making it dramatic. Also, Sibel's life in Istanbul, her cousin's life-like many of us: still single and waiting to be promoted!- are also judgements beside the main genre. The music is also very nice, with Depeche Mode and also traditional Turkish music. Faith Akin has really made a good job.. The script is excellent and the scenes are all pieces of artwork. I wish the best for him and all the cast and I hope to see movies perfect like this in the future too...

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