Far from Home
7.2
Turkish migrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy.
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Cast
15 people
Parviz Sayyad
Husseyin
Known for
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Cihan Anasai
Student
Also in
Late Show
Muhammet Temizkan
Kasim
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Hüsamettin Kaya
Osman
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Imran Kaya
Osman's Wife
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Sakibe Kaya
Osman's Daughter
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Wurdu Püsküllü
Ursula Kessler
Older Woman
Also in
Utopia
Renate Derr
Woman in the Park
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Stanislaus Solotar
Cantine Worker
Also in
Christiane F.
Kein Land
Heinz Bernard
Subway Worker
Known for
Masada
Yagizer Aybas
Sohrab Shahid-Saless Director · Helga Houzer Writer Ramin Reza Molai Cinematographer
United States release October 28, 2023 · Produced in Germany, Iran · Languages English, German, Persian, Turkish
Production
New Film Group and Telefilm
Production
Provobis Film
Production
Tel Film
Production
Germany · Iran
Produced in
Languages
Original title
در غربت
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
English · German · Persian · Turkish
Release dates
Germany · July 3, 1975
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 28, 2023
Theatrical · New 4K Restoration
United States
November 1, 1975 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Brazil
June 16, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista (Sessão Mutual Films)
Germany
August 1, 1975 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
December 11, 1980 · Theatrical
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