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Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland
Germany, Deutschland 2010 97 Min. Format 35 mm, Cinemascope; Color
German, Turkish
Director: Yasemin Samdereli
Cast: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Aylin Tezel, Lilay Huser, Demet Gül, Denis Moschitto, Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Staff: Script: N. und. Y. Samdereli
Production : Roxy Film GmbH Friedrichstr. 17 D-80801 München
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World Rights: Beta Film GmbH Grünwalder Weg 28d D-82041 Oberhaching
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Synopsis: Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland
On 10 September, 1964, Germany’s one-millionth ‘guest worker’ was welcomed. Spanning a period of no less than forty-five years, this film by sisters Yasemin Samdereli (director) and Nesrin Samdereli (screenplay) tells the story of guest worker number one-million-and-one – a man named Hüseyin Yilmaz and his family. ‘Who or what am I – German or Turk?’ asks six-year-old Cenk Yilmaz when neither his Turkish nor his German schoolmates pick him for their respective football teams. In an attempt to comfort Cenk, his 22-year-old cousin Canan tells him the story of their grandfather Hüseyin, who came to Germany at the end of the sixties as a ‘guest worker’ and who later brought his wife and children to ‘Almanya’. Germany had long since become the family’s home when without warning one night, Hüseyin surprises his loved ones with the news that he has bough a house in Turkey and now wants to return to the old country. Refusing to brook the slightest opposition, the entire family set off for Turkey. This marks the beginning of a journey full of memories, arguments and reconciliations – until, that is, the family trip takes an unexpected turn … The young filmmakers have plundered their own memories of childhood and youth for this, their cinematic debut. Yasemin Samdereli: “Even at an early age, we were always struck by the way people found it amusing whenever we told them stories about our childhood: that Nesrin for instance once played German carnival figure ‘Funkenmariechen’ and used to belt out Catholic hymns fervently during mass. Or that I used to play the flute in a marching band and wrote my name Jasmin – until my second grade teacher torpedoed my attempts to hoodwink her.”
Yasemin Samdereli Biography
Born in Dortmund on 15.7.1973, she studied at the College of Film and Television in Munich from 1993-2000. From 1994-98 she was a freelancer for Bavaria Film and worked as an assistant director on a number of international productions, including a Jackie Chan vehicle. In 2002 she made a television comedy entitled “Alles getürkt!” She was co-writer of the TV series “Türkisch für Anfänger”, and appeared in front of the camera in DELICIOUS (2004). ALMANYA – WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND marks her cinematic debut.
Filmografy
1994 SCHLÜSSELLÖCHER Short
1996 LIEBER GOTT Short
2001 KISMET Short
2002 SEXTASY Short
2003 ALLES GETÜRKT TV-Film
2004 ZIVIS TV-Serie, Directed the pilot
2007 ICH CHEFE, DU NIX TV-Film
2010 ALMANYA – WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND Feature Film
Stabliste
Regie Yasemin Samdereli
Buch Yasemin Samdereli
Nesrin Samdereli
Kamera The Chau Ngo
Kameraassistenz Peppa Meißner
Christian Graf
Schnitt Andrea Mertens
Ton Christian Götz
Tonassistenz Bilge Bingül
Musik Gerd Baumann
Szenenbild Alexander
Menasse
Requisite Markus Maria
Thormann
Seralp Baris
Bettina Sailer
Kostüm Steffi Bruhn
Maske Tatjana Krauskopf
Constanze
Madlindl
Isabella-Sophie
Beyer
Regieassistenz Manuel Siebert
Casting Emrah Ertem
Herstellungsltg. Anja-Karina
Richter
Produktionsltg. Robert Geisler
Aufnahmeleitung Jacek Gluszko
Produzenten Andreas Richter
Annie Brunner
Ursula Woerner
Co-Produzent Tita Korytowski
Co-Produktion Infafilm GmbH,
München
Cast:
Hüseyin, old Vedat Erincin; Hüseyin, young Fahri Yardim ; Canan Aylin Tezel ; Fatma, old Lilay Huser ; Fatma,young Demet Gül ; Ali Denis Moschitto ; Cenk Rafael Koussouris ; Gabi Petra SchmidtSchaller ; Veli, adult Aykut Kayacik ; Veli, 10 years old Aycan Vardar Muhamed, adult Ercan Karacayli ; Muhamed, 8 years old Kaan Aydogdu ; Leyla, adult Siir Eloglu ,Leyla, 4 years old Aliya Artuc
i am looking forward to watch this movie, i have always wondered about the lives of the first Turks who moved to Germany and how their experiences there were like. I also like the idea of covering a long span of time, letting you know how 3 different generations of the same family deal with similar issues.
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