Palermo or Wolfsburg
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An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train.
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Cast
26 people
Nicola Zarbo
Nicola
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Otto Sander
Staatsanwalt
Known for
Wings of Desire
Das Boot
Werner Schroeter
Known for
World on a Wire
Beware of a Holy Whore
Eric Franck
Ida Di Benedetto
Giovanna
Also in
The Whores
Treasure Island in Outer Space
Thomas Mauch
Giuseppe Fava
Magdalena Montezuma
Verteidigerin
Known for
World on a Wire
Beware of a Holy Whore
Orazio Torrisi
Known for
Kaos
Johannes Wacker
Richter
Antonio Orlando
Antonio
Known for
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Soldier of Fortune
Klaus Dethloff
Werner Schroeter Director · Giuseppe Fava Writer Orazio Torrisi Writer
United States release October 1, 1980 · Produced in Germany, Switzerland · Languages German, Italian
Production
Thomas Mauch Filmproduktion
Production
ZDF
Production
Artco-Film
Production
Germany · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Palermo oder Wolfsburg
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1980
Premiere · 30th Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 1, 1980
Chicago International Film Festival
France
March 4, 1981
Greece
December 3, 2010 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Portugal
February 14, 1981 · Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
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