Import/Export
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...
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Cast
19 people
Ekateryna Rak
Olga
No other roles listed
Paul Hofmann
Pauli
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Michael Thomas
Paulis Stiefvater
Known for
Rimini
Paradise: Hope
Susanne Lothar
Paulis Mutter
Known for
Funny Games
The Piano Teacher
Natalija Baranova
Olgas Freundin (Ukraine)
Known for
Paradise: Faith
The Devil's Bath
Natalja Epureanu
Olgas Freundin (Wien)
No other roles listed
Maria Hofstätter
Schwester Maria
Known for
Paradise: Faith
The Devil's Bath
Georg Friedrich
Pfleger Andi
Known for
Freud
Great Freedom
Erich Finsches
Erich Schlager
Known for
Dog Days
Johannes Nussbaum
Sohn Einfamilienhaus
Known for
The Empress
Suck Me Shakespeer 2
Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka
Olgas Mutter
No other roles listed
Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov
Olgas Bruder
No other roles listed
Ulrich Seidl Director · Veronika Franz Screenplay Wolfgang Thaler Cinematographer
First release May 21, 2007 · Produced in Austria, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia · Languages German, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
Production
Pronto Film
Production
Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion
Production
Essential Filmproduktion
Production
Austria · Ukraine · Germany · Slovakia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian · Slovak · Spanish · Ukrainian
Release dates
France · May 21, 2007
Premiere · Cannes
Germany · October 18, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
July 4, 2007 · Digital
Portugal
April 28, 2008 · Premiere · IndieLisboa
Romania
October 18, 2007 · Theatrical
Ukraine
November 27, 2008 · Theatrical
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