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Farewell to False Paradise (1989)

Overview

Ironies abound in this extremely sad melodrama about Elif, a Turkish immigrant in Germany who has been sent to prison for murdering her abusive husband. At the time of her imprisonment, she has never ventured outside the Turkish community, and even there has had no friends because of the demands her husband placed on her. She speaks no German. Now, in a place which most people find to be hell on earth, she gains a never-before known taste of freedom among these strangers, who don't even speak her own language. Unfortunately, as a "guest worker," she is horrified to discover that she is soon to be transferred to the horrific prisons of Turkey and will stand trial there for her crime, which will be much less understandingly dealt with in her home country than it would have been in Germany. The false paradise she must say goodbye to is her German prison.
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Tevfik Başer profile
Tevfik Başer

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Cast

Zuhal Olcay profile
Zuhal Olcay

Elif

Brigitte Janner profile
Brigitte Janner

Marianne

Ruth Olafsdottir profile
Ruth Olafsdottir

Gabriella

Barbara Morawiecz profile
Barbara Morawiecz

Nora

Brigitte Böttrich profile
Brigitte Böttrich

Christine

Tatjana Clasing profile
Tatjana Clasing

Barbara

Erla Prollius profile
Erla Prollius

Wärterin

Eva-Maria Kurz profile
Eva-Maria Kurz

Petra Barthel profile
Petra Barthel

Çelik Bilge profile
Çelik Bilge

Birgül Topçugürler profile
Birgül Topçugürler

Annemarie Assmann profile
Annemarie Assmann

Zuhal Olcay profile
Zuhal Olcay

Elif

Brigitte Janner profile
Brigitte Janner

Marianne

Ruth Olafsdottir profile
Ruth Olafsdottir

Gabriella

Barbara Morawiecz profile
Barbara Morawiecz

Nora

Brigitte Böttrich profile
Brigitte Böttrich

Christine

Tatjana Clasing profile
Tatjana Clasing

Barbara

Erla Prollius profile
Erla Prollius

Wärterin

Eva-Maria Kurz profile
Eva-Maria Kurz

Petra Barthel profile
Petra Barthel

Çelik Bilge profile
Çelik Bilge

Birgül Topçugürler profile
Birgül Topçugürler

Annemarie Assmann profile
Annemarie Assmann

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Release Date

May 11, 1989

Original Language

German, Turkish

Budget

$0.00

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ZDF logoStudio Hamburg Filmproduktion logoOttokar Runze Filmproduktion logo

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