Four young people—a Turkish woman who has escaped a forced marriage, a Japanese musician, an anarchist, and a male prostitute—retreat from the outside world in an abandoned shipyard and develop a kind of love-hate relationship with each other. At times oppressively realistic, this milieu study of "lost" urban youth loses much of its impact due to its overly complicated script.
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Erwin Michelberger Director · Jörg Schalk Cinematographer Irmingard Buttler Editor
First release June 30, 1988 · Produced in Germany · Production NDR, Hamburger Filmbüro
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LERM-Film
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NDR
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Hamburger Filmbüro
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Germany
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Original title
Kopffeuer
Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · June 30, 1988
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Canada
September 10, 1989 · Toronto Film Festival
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