A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated by German-speaking sots and Portuguese guest workers. An unhappy young couple, Leni and Anton, quarrel and split separately into the rat’s ass of the evening. Everyone is looking for love, but no one finds any—although Leni does pick up a trick.
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Cast
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Adolfo Assor
The bell founder
Known for
Victoria
Urban Explorer
Thomas Baumann
Man in leather coat
Also in
Frost
Isa Hochgerner
Nina
Known for
Chess Story
Verena Jasch
Leni
Also in
Scene of the Crime
Wolfgang Michael
Anton
Known for
Blood Red Sky
A Hidden Life
Urs Remond
Paul
Known for
Otto – The New Movie
Daniela Roque-Magalhaes
Daniella, the little girl
No other roles listed
Fred Kelemen Director · Rainer Kirchmann Composer Nicola Undritz Editor
First release September 5, 1999 · Produced in Germany, Portugal · Production Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion, WDR
Production
Integral Film
Production
Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Production
WDR
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany · Portugal
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Original title
Abendland
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 1999
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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