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The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven

The Edge of Heaven

Genres

Drama

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The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

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Budget

$3800000

Revenue

$17804565

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

27 September 2007

Country

Germany

Cast

Nurgül Yeşilçay

Nurgül Yeşilçay

Ayten Öztürk

Baki Davrak

Baki Davrak

Nejat Aksu

Patrycia Ziolkowska

Patrycia Ziolkowska

Lotte Staub

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

Ali Aksu

Nursel Köse

Nursel Köse

Yeter Öztürk

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Susanne Staub

Erkan Can

Erkan Can

Cousin Ufuk

Nejat İşler

Nejat İşler

Kommissar

Güven Kıraç

Güven Kıraç

Sicherheitsbeamte

Lars Rudolph

Lars Rudolph

Herr Obermüller

İdil Üner

İdil Üner

Ärztin

Turgay Tanülkü

Turgay Tanülkü

Cem

Gökhan Kıraç

Gökhan Kıraç

Junger Polizeibeamter

Gürsoy Gemec

Gürsoy Gemec

Sohn des Tankstelleninhabers

Cengiz Daner

Cengiz Daner

Tankstelleninhaber

Elcim Eroglu

Elcim Eroglu

Elcim

Nurten Güner

Nurten Güner

Nurten

Asuman Altinay

Asuman Altinay

Türkan

Ali Akdeniz

Ali Akdeniz

Zivilpolizist 1. Mai

Nadire Irtel

Nadire Irtel

Frau im Treppenhaus

Sevilay Demirci

Sevilay Demirci

Nurhan

Öznur Kula

Öznur Kula

Gefangene

Gokce Isil Tuna

Gokce Isil Tuna

Gefangene

Sileyman Kaplan

Sileyman Kaplan

Arif (as Süleyman 'Sly' Kaplan)

Stefanie Piehl

Stefanie Piehl

Polizistin Verkehrskontrolle

Andreas Westphal

Andreas Westphal

Polizist Verkehrskontrolle

Jörg Jänicke

Jörg Jänicke

ASB

Annette Uhlen

Annette Uhlen

Richterin

Andreas Thiel

Andreas Thiel

Konsulatsmitarbeiter

Cigdem Göymen

Cigdem Göymen

Selen

Önder Çakar

Önder Çakar

Riza Bey

Salih Kaar

Salih Kaar

Türkischer Straßenjunge

Ömer Kaar

Ömer Kaar

Türkischer Straßenjunge

Mert Koc

Mert Koc

Türkischer Straßenjunge

Feridun Koç

Feridun Koç

Sicherheitsbeamte (as Feridun Koc)

Ilhan Hüzmeli

Ilhan Hüzmeli

Kellner Londra

Faik Hüzmeli

Faik Hüzmeli

Kellner Londra

Sule Nayir

Sule Nayir

Gefängniswärterin

Yusuf Kaba

Yusuf Kaba

Flötenspieler

Aliye Alioglu

Aliye Alioglu

Alte Frau in Camburnu

Sabata Ahmetovic

Sabata Ahmetovic

Student

Emre Cosar

Emre Cosar

Cengiz (uncredited)

Manu Mencía Calvo

Manu Mencía Calvo

Prisoner (uncredited)

Yelda Reynaud

Yelda Reynaud

Emine

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