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Completed - Drama - 180 minutes

Log Line

A new interpretation of Alfred Doeblin's famous novel, set among the refugee community in present-day Berlin.

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Qurbani BURHAN
Writer(s) : Martin BEHNKE, Burhan QURBANI
Cast : Welket BUNGUÉ, Jella HAASE, Albrecht SCHUCH, Joachim KRÓL

Producer(s) : Leif ALEXIS (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion), Jochen LAUBE (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion), Fabian MAUBACH (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion)

Synopsis

As Francis, 30, the only survivor of an illegal crossing from Africa, awakes at a beach in Southern Europe, he swears an oath to God: From now on he wants to be a new, a better, a decent man. Soon after Francis finds himself in Berlin, where he realizes how hard it is to be righteous when you are an illegal refugee in Germany – without papers, without nation and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer from the charismatic German Reinhold, 31, to earn easy money, Francis initially resists the temptation, maintains his oath and stays away from Reinhold‘s shady dealings. But eventually he is sucked into Berlin’s underworld and his life spirals out of control.

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Country(ies) : GERMANY, NETHERLANDS

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