Directed by:
Angelina MaccaroneCinematography:
Judith KaufmannCast:
Jasmin Tabatabai, Bernd Tauber, Navíd Akhavan, Simon Schwarz, Hinnerk Schönemann, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Jevgenij Sitočin, Jens Münchow, Nina Vorbrodt (more)Plots(1)
The Iranian translator Fariba, threatened with the death sentence in her native country because of her love affair with a woman, manages to flee to Germany. Applying for asylum, she claims to be politically persecuted, but lies about the real reason for her persecution. Her application is turned down. The suicide of the unbalanced Iranian refugee Siamak Mustafai offers her a dramatic solution to her desperate situation – she cuts off her hair, disguises herself as a man and takes on his identity. With a temporary residence permit in his name she arrives in a small southern German town. At first it appears that her survival is assured there, but she has to keep up her male disguise even in the refugee home – the smallest mistake could blow her cover. Fariba works illegally in a sauerkraut factory in order to earn enough money to buy forged papers. There she meets Anne, who takes a great interest in "Siamak's" well-being and is strangely attracted to this unusual foreigner. As they spend more and more time together, they come ever closer and Anne begins to suspect Fariba's true identity... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Jasmin Tabatabai
Iran
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Bandits (1997)
Bernd Tauber
West Germany
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
The State I Am In (2000)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
Navíd Akhavan
Iran
Best movies:
For a Moment Freedom (2008)
Unveiled (2005)
Women Without Men (2009)
Simon Schwarz
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Protector (2009)
Hinnerk Schönemann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Anneke Kim Sarnau
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
My Brother Simple (2017)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Jevgenij Sitočin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Final Journey (2017)
4 Days in May (2011)
Jens Münchow
West Germany
Best movies:
Armin (2007)
A Friend of Mine (2006)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Nina Vorbrodt
West Germany
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Vivere (2007)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Peter Obermann
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Distant Lights (2003)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Atischeh Hannah Braun
West Germany
Monika Hansen
Best movies:
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Unveiled (2005)
The Promise (1995)
Annette von Klier
West Germany
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Andreas Schlager
Austria
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Das unbezähmbare Herz (2004) (TV movie)
Ruth Wohlschlegel
West Germany
Dmitriy Dykhovichnyy
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Frank Frede
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Mossadegh Hamid (narrator)
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005) - narrator
Majid Farahat
Best movies:
Unveiled (2005)
Der König von St. Pauli (1998) (series) - actor, a.f.
Tatort (1970) (series)