Northern Skirts
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Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. Strangers in a strange land, they feel a sense of loss in their new, temporary environment. The five-some meet and get close to each other, hopelessly clinging to friendships and relationships with no future. They frequent cafés and train stations dreaming of a better tomorrow. Often, they just fall back on the prospect of short-term affection in yet another doomed romantic or sexual encounter. Trying hard to suppress the memories of war and alienation, they try to find moral strength and warmth through one another.
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Cast
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Nina Proll
Jasmin Schmid
Known for
Antibodies
Center of My World
Tudor Chirila
Valentin
Edita Malovčić
Tamara
Known for
Capitani
Blood Glacier
Astrit Alihajdaraj
Senad
Also in
Agnus Dei
Thirteen
Tudor Chirilă
Valentin
Known for
The Protégé
Love Sick
Michael Tanczos
Roman
Also in
Brothers
Brigitte Kren
Gitti
Known for
Freud
Blood Glacier
Georg Friedrich
Wolfgang
Known for
Freud
Great Freedom
Martina Stojan
Sonja
Also in
Gfrasta
Marta Klubowicz
Jolanta
Known for
Promise at Dawn
Margarethe Tiesel
Jasmin's Mother
Known for
The Golden Glove
Paradise: Love
Andreas Zorn
Jasmin's Father
No other roles listed
Barbara Albert Director · Christine A. Maier Cinematographer Monika Willi Editor
First release August 31, 1999 · Produced in Austria · Production Zero Film
Production
Lotus-Film
Production
Zero Film
Production
Austria
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Languages
Original title
Nordrand
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 1999
Theatrical
Austria · December 3, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 30, 2000 · Theatrical
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