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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Fatih Akin (writer)
Release Date:
27 September 2007 (Germany) more
Plot:
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
21 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Israeli Movie Lands Top Award
(From WENN. 4 January 2009, 6:14 AM, PST)
User Comments:
"this my friend, this is cinema!" more (35 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Nurgül Yesilçay | ... | Ayten Öztürk aka Gül | |
| Baki Davrak | ... | Nejat Aksu | |
| Tuncel Kurtiz | ... | Ali Aksu | |
| Hanna Schygulla | ... | Susanne Staub | |
| Patrycia Ziolkowska | ... | Charlotte 'Lotte' Staub | |
| Nursel Köse | ... | Yeter aka Jessy | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ali Akdeniz | ... | Plainclothes Policeman May 1 | |
| Aliye Alioglu | ... | Old woman in Camburnu | |
| Asuman Altinay | ... | Türkan | |
| Onder Cakar | ... | Riza Bey | |
| Erkan Can | ... | Nejat's Cousin | |
| Emre Cosar | ... | Cengiz | |
| Gengiz Daner | ... | Gas station owner | |
| Sevilay Demirci | ... | Nurhan | |
| Elcim Eroglu | ... | Elcim | |
| Gürsoy Gemec | ... | Son of gas station owner | |
| Cigdem Göymen | ... | Selen | |
| Nurten Güner | ... | Nurten | |
| Faik Hüzmeli | ... | Waiter Londra | |
| Ilhan Hüzmeli | ... | Waiter Londra | |
| Nadire Irtel | ... | Woman in staircase | |
| Nejat Isler | ... | Commissioner | |
| Jörg Jänicke | ... | ASB | |
| Ömer Kaar | ... | Turkish street kid | |
| Salih Kaar | ... | Turkish street kid | |
| Yusuf Kaba | ... | Flute player | |
| Sileyman Kaplan | ... | Arif (as Süleyman 'Sly' Kaplan) | |
| Gökhan Kirac | ... | Young Police Officer | |
| Güven Kiraç | ... | Security guard | |
| Feridun Koc | ... | Security guard | |
| Mert Koc | ... | Turkish street kid | |
| Öznur Kula | ... | Prisoner | |
| Sule Nayir | ... | Prison guard | |
| Stefanie Piehl | ... | Policewomen traffic check | |
| Yelda Reynaud | ... | Emine | |
| Lars Rudolph | ... | Markus Obermüller | |
| Turgay Tanülkü | ... | Cem | |
| Andreas Thiel | ... | Konsulatsmitarbeiter | |
| Gükce Isil Tuna | ... | Prisoner | |
| Annette Uhlen | ... | Judge | |
| Idil Üner | ... | Doctor | |
| Andreas Westphal | ... | Policeman traffic check | |
| Michael Wolf | ... | Border Official | |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Edge of Heaven (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Ai confini del paradiso (Italy)
On the Other Side (International: English title) (literal title)
Yasamin kiyisinda (Turkey: Turkish title)
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Runtime:
122 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | UK:15 (re-rating on appeal) | UK:18 (original rating) | France:Unrated | Sweden:15 | Ireland:15A (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:16 (original rating) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Japan:PG-12
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Fatih Akin originally conceived the film as being part Missing (1982) and part Frantic (1988). more
Goofs:
Continuity: 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. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fatih Akin - Tagebuch eines Filmreisenden (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Menuet In G Moll, No. 5 Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena more
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many of us who watched or are thinking about watching Faith Akin's latest film are most probably turning to it after being impressed by his more than amazing Head-On which i personally love! To avoid disappointment, besides the tag line which seems pretty similar these two movies are not very much alike. The best would be to take 'TEOH' as what it is and not as "Head-On the sequel".
the movie tells us the story of a young Turkish professor who lives and most probably grew up in Germany, and now decides to set on a journey back to his hometown to find the daughter of his father's new girlfriend. as it turns out finding someone in a foreign country is not that easy, and as such there are many emotions and surprises involved.
what especially stands out are the cinematography which presents a beautiful and colorful Turkey and the direction which is nothing less than superb! although there are no big names in the cast, as a whole it performed a great job, especially by Nurgul Yesilcay who portrayed the looked for daughter and Hanna Schygulla who portrayed the mother of this daughter's lover.
for me, just as it was a great movie it could have been a great book, especially because of the ending that no matter how hard i tried just didn't let me get this movie out of my head. in an interview i've seen of the newly internationally acclaimed and appreciated director he mentions Emir Kustorica and also confesses how after making Head-On he thought he knew one or two things about cinema and how now after making The Edge Of Heaven he knows that nor he nor many others have any idea what cinema really is. He ends by quoting Mr. Kustorica after watching TEOH saying "this my friend, this is cinema."
highly recommended to anyone who...to everyone!