Author Archives: Kumars Salehi

With actors Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Brigitte Tilg, and Ida Di Benedetto. Werner Schroeter’s Swiss/West German coproduction follows Nicola (Zarbo), an Italian immigrant who comes to West Germany looking for work. Despite his language difficulties, Nicola is quick to settle … Continue reading →

With actors Esme Madra and Riza Akin. Nefesim Kisilene Kadar, director Emine Emel Balcı’s debut feature, follows Serap (Madra), a young Turkish girl who is forced to abandon her unsatisfying life working at a clothing factory and living with her … Continue reading →

With actors Senay Orak, Muhammed Al and Berîvan Eminoglu. Two young Kurdish siblings living in Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan, Gülîstan (Orak) and Firat (Al), are placed into the care of their activist aunt Yakbun (Eminoglu) after their parents are murdered … Continue reading →

With actors René Vaziri and Sinan Bengier. A Turkish-German family is not only spoilt for choice but riven by it when young Luk wins the lottery. Things get harder, not easier, as entire family must decide what to do with … Continue reading →

With Ava Celik, Robert Alexander Baer, Natalia Wörner, and Siir Eloglu. Switched by accident at birth, Dominik Greve (Baer) and Ayse Güngör (Ava Celik) are reunited with their birth families for two weeks in an attempt to get to know … Continue reading →

With actors Horst Krause, Karim Günes, and Anna Unterberger. Aired on German television by ARD, Krüger aus Almanya is the story of Paul Krüger (Krause), a xenophobic widower who used to be a stone mason in the GDR.  He is … Continue reading →

With actors Elyas M’Barek and Jella Haase. In the third entry in the blockbuster comedy franchise Fack ju Göhte, Elyas M’Barek returns as Zeki Müller, still at the Goethe-Gesamtschule after his relationship with Lisi has come to an end and she … Continue reading →

With actors Idil Üner, Sesede Terziyan, and Adnan Maral. Based on the autobiographical novel by Hatice Akyün, Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße follows Hatice Coscun (Idil Üner) and her pregnant sister Fatma (Sesede Terziyan) as they rush to find Fatma a … Continue reading →

With actors Füsun Demirel and Berivan Kaya. A short film by Kurdish-German auteur Ayşe Polat. Links: IMDB Genre(s): Short

With actors Oğuz Tunç and Asli Altan. Ismet Elçi’s tragic drama follows Metin (Oğuz Tunç), a second generation immigrant living in Germany who visits his ancestral home village in Turkey after a long period of absence only to realize upon … Continue reading →

With actors Elmar Wepper, Mercan Türköglu, Özay Fecht. Hartmut Mackowiak (Elmar Wepper), a taxi driver separated from his wife and stuck in his ways, is forced to reckon with the new and unpredictable when young Hayat (Mercan Türköglu), visiting her … Continue reading →

With actors Jürgen Prochnow, Petra Kleinert, Mia Kasalo, and Ugur Ekeroglu.  After retired judge and widower Ernst Blessing (Jürgen Prochnow) loses his estranged daughter in a traffic accident, he must come to terms with his past and his loneliness when … Continue reading →

With actors Mina Sadic and Oktay Çagla.  A young German-Turkish woman, Hülya (Sadic), returns from Germany to her late father’s small mountain village in Turkey to write about him. As she learns more about him, she finds her impression of … Continue reading →