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Film · 1998
Short Sharp Shock
1h 40mDirected by Fatih Akin
- Crime
- Drama
Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.
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Cast
Mehmet KurtuluşGabriel- Aleksandar JovanovićBobby
Adam BousdoukosCosta
Regula GrauwillerAlice
İdil ÜnerCeyda
Ralph HerforthMuhamer
Oscar Ortega SánchezWaffenhändler
Marc HosemannSven
Cem AkinGabriels Bruder- Sükriye DönmezSeine Braut
- Mustafa Enver AkinGabriels Vater
- Hadiye AkinGabriels Mutter
Details
- Director
- Fatih Akin
- Writer
- Fatih Akin
- Music
- Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
- Cinematography
- Frank Barbian
- Editor
- Andrew Bird
- Producer
- Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel, Daniel Blum
- Release
- October 15, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, German
- Studio
- ZDF, Wüste Film
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 99 votes
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