1998·Crime·1h 40m
7.0
★
Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.
Directed by Fatih Akin
friendship
street gang
arms deal
foreigner
german-turkish living together
ex-boyfriend
ex-girlfriend
immigration
wedding
drugs
hoodlum
hamburg, germany
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Mehmet Kurtuluş
Gabriel
Adam Bousdoukos
Costa
Regula Grauwiller
Alice
İdil Üner
Ceyda
Ralph Herforth
Muhamer
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Waffenhändler
Marc Hosemann
Sven
Cem Akin
Gabriels Bruder
Fatih Akin
Nejo
Maria Fuchs
Nutte
Bettina Schwarz
Crew
Fatih Akin
Director
Fatih Akin
Writer
Cem Akin
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
36 reviews
adele
8.0★ · 05/30/26
l’odio se fosse stato ambientato ad amburgo
l’odio se fosse stato ambientato ad amburgo
Nicks_927
9.0★ · 05/03/26
A fascinating modern tragedy, which isn’t really a tragedy at all, in fact, it's quite the opposite.
Whereas in tragedies, evil and suffering are inevitable, something of which the characters are merely victims, this film is the exact opposite, telling the story of young people who could have avoided making the mistakes they do, who could have been happy without becoming criminals, but who cannot resist the temptation.
Cinematographically, this film has a very strong identity, from wide shots to extremely tight close-ups, from its frenetic pace to the gloomy urban settings of northern Germany.
The story isn’t overly complex; in fact, it’s structurally pretty simple and fairly straightforward, yet despite this, you never quite know what’s about to happen or how it will end: from the very first scene where a gun appears, you ask yourself: who will be shot? But right up until the moment it happens, the viewer has no idea.
Whereas in tragedies, evil and suffering are inevitable, something of which the characters are merely victims, this film is the exact opposite, telling the story of young people who could have avoided making the mistakes they do, who could have been happy without becoming criminals, but who cannot resist the temptation.
Cinematographically, this film has a very strong identity, from wide shots to extremely tight close-ups, from its frenetic pace to the gloomy urban settings of northern Germany.
The story isn’t overly complex; in fact, it’s structurally pretty simple and fairly straightforward, yet despite this, you never quite know what’s about to happen or how it will end: from the very first scene where a gun appears, you ask yourself: who will be shot? But right up until the moment it happens, the viewer has no idea.
A fascinating modern tragedy, which isn’t really a tragedy at all, in fact, it's quite the opposite.
Whereas in tragedies, evil and suffering are inevitable, something of which the characters are merely victims, this film is the exact opposite, telling the story of young people who could have avoided making the mistakes they do, who could have been happy without becoming criminals, but who cannot resist the temptation.
Cinematographically, this film has a very strong identity, from wide shots to extremely tight close-ups, from its frenetic pace to the gloomy urban settings of northern Germany.
The story isn’t overly complex; in fact, it’s structurally pretty simple and fairly straightforward, yet despite this, you never quite know what’s about to happen or how it will end: from the very first scene where a gun appears, you ask yourself: who will be shot? But right up until the moment it happens, the viewer has no idea.
Whereas in tragedies, evil and suffering are inevitable, something of which the characters are merely victims, this film is the exact opposite, telling the story of young people who could have avoided making the mistakes they do, who could have been happy without becoming criminals, but who cannot resist the temptation.
Cinematographically, this film has a very strong identity, from wide shots to extremely tight close-ups, from its frenetic pace to the gloomy urban settings of northern Germany.
The story isn’t overly complex; in fact, it’s structurally pretty simple and fairly straightforward, yet despite this, you never quite know what’s about to happen or how it will end: from the very first scene where a gun appears, you ask yourself: who will be shot? But right up until the moment it happens, the viewer has no idea.
özlem
8.0★ · 04/25/26
teşekkürlerin en başına da allah'ı yerleştirmiş..
teşekkürlerin en başına da allah'ı yerleştirmiş..
Flavia Huerta
7.0★ · 04/13/26
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Buomilch
8.0★ · 04/02/26
Incredible debut, that finds a middle way between brotherly friendship and gritty crime, swinging between these two genres like a pendulum with practiced ease. Also I believe this movie is 100 times better automatically if you are German or live in Germany, as I saw an incredible amount of people and culture which I encounter almost daily being reflected in this film and its characters.
Incredible debut, that finds a middle way between brotherly friendship and gritty crime, swinging between these two genres like a pendulum with practiced ease. Also I believe this movie is 100 times better automatically if you are German or live in Germany, as I saw an incredible amount of people and culture which I encounter almost daily being reflected in this film and its characters.