Summary
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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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 72
Audience score77%
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for crime movies, −6 min on the typical 106
typical 106100Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 130 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
+120Released
1998
October 15, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
Serbian (Latin)TurkishGreekMade in
Germany
20 of 20
Mehmet KurtuluşGabriel
Aleksandar JovanovićBobby
Adam BousdoukosCosta
Regula GrauwillerAlice
İdil ÜnerCeyda
Ralph HerforthMuhamer
Oscar Ortega SánchezWaffenhändler
Marc HosemannSven
Cem AkinGabriels Bruder- SDSükriye DönmezSeine Braut
- MEMustafa Enver AkinGabriels Vater
- HAHadiye AkinGabriels Mutter
Fatih AkinNejo- NSNezâ SelbuzTänzerin auf Hochzeit
- MAMonique AkinJunge Frau im Reisebüro
- MHMirko HussariMann an Telefonzelle
- DVDanilo VouckmanovicSilvio
- WKWolfgang KronePassant
Maria FuchsNutte- FSFünf Sterne DeluxeSelf
Directing · 4
- Fatih Akin Director, Writer
- Cem Akin Second Assistant Director
- Lucy Tanja Fricke Script Supervisor
- Lena Spät Assistant Director
Production · 12
- Ralph Schwingel Producer
- Stefan Schubert Producer
- Daniel Blum Producer
- Ingeborg Molitoris Casting
- Stephanie Schoberl Production Assistant
- Roman Brandt Assistant Unit Manager
Camera · 5
- Frank Barbian Director of Photography
- Sven Schultz Grip
- Gordon A. Timpen Still Photographer
- Kay Madsen Assistant Camera
- Thierry Taieb Assistant Camera
Editing · 3
- Andrew Bird Editor
- Petra Schütt Color Timer
- Patrick Nordmann Assistant Editor
Sound · 8
- Ulrich Kodjo Wendt Original Music Composer
- Jörg Krieger Sound Designer
- Richard Borowski Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Kai Lüde Sound
- Norbert Schlawin Foley Artist
- Frank Regente Sound Assistant
Art · 5
- Guido Amin Fahim Art Direction, Production Design
- Anja Pietruschka Property Master
- Anna Lechner Assistant Production Design
- Nicole Gilsilva Storyboard Artist
- Anke Vorwick Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 7
- Helen Achtermann Costume Design
- Nicola Faas Makeup Artist
- Eva von Giese Assistant Makeup Artist
- Annette Wiese Costume Assistant
- Astrid Georgi Assistant Makeup Artist
- Ursula Musall Assistant Makeup Artist
Lighting · 7
- Marc Brummund Additional Lighting Technician
- Hans-Werner Huhnke Gaffer
- Jörn Schoppe Lighting Technician
- Martin Beyrau Lighting Technician
- Marko Stuhr Additional Lighting Technician
- Stephanie Frings Lighting Technician
Other crew · 11
- Emanuel Bettencourt Fight Choreographer
- Ronnie Paul Stunts
- Stefan Semrau Title Graphics
- Jan Müller von der Haegen Set Runner
- Halil Lyigören Additional Music
- Dirk Frommer Picture Car Coordinator
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