The Edge of Heaven (2008)

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NR | 2 hr 2 mins | Drama, Foreign | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $0.2M

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Synopsis:

Retired widower Ali sees a solution to loneliness when he meets prostitute Yeter. Ali proposes to the fellow Turkish native to live with him in exchange for a monthly stipend. Ali’s son Nejat, a university professor, seems disapproving about his boorish father’s choice. But the young German man quickly grows fond of kind Yeter, especially upon discovering most of her hard-earned money is sent home to Turkey for her daughter’s university studies. The accidental death of Yeter distances father and son even more. Nejat travels to Istanbul to begin an organized search for Yeter’s daughter, Ayten. He stays in Turkey and trades places with the owner of a German bookstore who goes home to Germany. What Nejat doesn’t know is that 20-something political activist Ayten is already in Germany, having fled the Turkish police. Alone and penniless, Ayten is befriended by German student Lotte, who is immediately seduced by the young Turkish woman’s charms and political situation. Lotte invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her mother Susanne. Ayten ends up arrested and confined for months while awaiting political asylum. When her plea is denied, Ayten is imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte decides to abandon everything to help Ayten. In Turkey, Lotte gets caught up in the frustrating bureaucracy of the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten. A chance bookstore meeting leads her to becoming Nejat’s roommate. A tragic event brings Susanne to Istanbul to help fulfill her daughter’s mission. Emotional moments spent with Susanne will inspire Nejat to seek out his estranged father, now residing on Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/21/2008

Director	Credit
Fatih Akin	Director
Cast	Credit
Hanna Schygulla	Susanne Staub
Tuncel Kurtiz	Ali Aksu
Baki Davrak	Nejat Aksu
Patrycia Ziolkowska	Lotte Staub
Nursel Kose	Yeter Ozturk
Nurgul Yesilcay	Ayten Ozturk
Gursoy Gemec	Petrol Station Owner
Cengiz Daner	Petrol Station Owner's Son
Idil Uner	Doctor
Erkan Can	Cousin Ufuk
Turgay Tanulku	Cem
Elcim Eroglu	Elcim
Nurten Guner	Nurten
Asuman Altinay	Turkan
Gokhan Kirac	Young Police Officer
Nejat Isler	Commissioner
Lars Rudolph	Mr. Obermuller
Ali Akdeniz	1st May Protest Plainclothes Policeman
Nadire Irtel	Woman on Stairwell
Sevilay Demirci	Nurhan
Oznur Kula	Prisoner
Gokce Isil Tuna	Prisoner
Michael Wolf	Border Official
Suleyman Kaplan (Sly)	Arif
Stefanie Piehl	Police Traffic Patrol
Andreas Westphal	Police Traffic Patrol
Jorg Janicke	ASB
Annette Uhlenh	Judge
Andreas Thiel	Consulate Worker
Cigdem Goymen	Selen
Onder Cakar	Riza Bey
Salih Kaar	Turkish Street Kid
Omer Kaar	Turkish Street Kid
Mert Koc	Turkish Street Kid
Guven Kirac	Interrogator at Prison
Feridun Koc	Interrogator at Prison
Ilhan Huzmeli	Londra Barman
Faik Huzmeli	Londra Barman
Sule Nayir	Prison Warder
Yusuf Kaba	Flautist
Aliye Alioglu	Old Woman in Camburnu
Production Credits	Credit
Erhan Ozogul	Co-Producer
Andreas Thiel	Producer
Alberto Fanni	Associate Producer
Flaminio Zadra	Associate Producer
Klaus Maeck	Producer
Funda Odemis	Co-Producer
Paolo Colombo	Associate Producer
Ali Akdeniz	Co-Producer
Fatih Akin	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Corazon International GmbH & Co KG	Production Company
Anka Film	Production Company
Dorje Film	Production Company
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Pandora Film Verleih	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Strand Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sena	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Artificial Eye Film Company, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Swallow Wings	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Golem Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Rosebud SA Motion Picture Enterprises	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Istanbul, Turkey
Germany
Writer	Credit
Fatih Akin	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Yugel Guler	Production Accountant
Murat Alabay	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Tamo Kunz	Production Designer
Seth Turner	Art Director (Germany)
Sirma Bradley	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Monique Akin	Casting (Germany)
Film Camera	Credit
Ercam Yilmaz	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam
Gokhan Atilmis	Photography (2nd Unit)
Rainer Klausmann	Director of Photography
Olcay Oguz	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Eyup Boz	Photography (2nd Unit)
Zekeriya Kurtulus	Photography (2nd Unit)
Herve Dieu	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
FFA Filmfoerderungsanstalt	Film Financier
Bundeministerium fur Kultur und Medien	Film Financier
FilmForderung Hamburg GmbH	Film Financier
Filmstiftung NRW	Film Financier
NordMedia	Film Financier
Schleswig Holstein Film Commission	Film Financier
The Match Factory GmbH	Distribution Sales International Sales
Music	Credit
Klaus Maeck	Music Supervisor
Shantel	Composer
Physical Effects	Credit
Ronnie Paul	Stunt Coordinator (Germany)
Production Management	Credit
Christian Springer	Line Producer
Aksel Kamber	Production Manager
Andrea Bockelmann	Unit Production Manager (Germany)
Surk-Ki Schrade	Assistant Director (Germany)
Margaret Metz	Production Coordinator (Germany)
Tina Mersmann	Post-Production Supervisor
Nergis Usta	Script Supervisor (Germany)
Nurhan Sekerci	Assistant Director (Germany)
Nevra Kocoglu	Production Coordinator
Eric Koyun	Unit Production Manager
Onur Cakir	Unit Production Manager
Seren Yuce	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Kai Luede	Sound
Joerg Krieger	Sound Designer
Richard Borowski	Sound Mixer
Andreas Hildebrandt	Sound Designer
Visual Effects	Credit
Peter Wiemker	Special Effects (Germany)
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Daniel Schroder	Makeup
Katrin Aschendorf	Costume Designer
Katrin Aschendorf	Costumes
Barbara Henninger	Wardrobe (Germany)
Ceylan Senbark	Wardrobe
Maike Heinlein	Makeup (Germany)

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