Farewell to False Paradise

Synopsis

Ironies abound in this extremely sad melodrama about Elif, a Turkish immigrant in Germany who has been sent to prison for murdering her abusive husband. At the time of her imprisonment, she has never ventured outside the Turkish community, and even there has had no friends because of the demands her husband placed on her. She speaks no German. Now, in a place which most people find to be hell on earth, she gains a never-before known taste of freedom among these strangers, who don't even speak her own language. Unfortunately, as a "guest worker," she is horrified to discover that she is soon to be transferred to the horrific prisons of Turkey and will stand trial there for her crime, which will be much less understandingly dealt with in her home country than it would have been in Germany. The false paradise she must say goodbye to is her German prison.

Main Cast

Zuhal Olcay

Elif

Age : 66 | Popularity : 7%

Brigitte Janner

Marianne

Age : 79 | Popularity : 10%

Ruth Olafsdottir

Gabriella

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Barbara Morawiecz

Nora

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Brigitte Böttrich

Christine

Age : 79 | Popularity : 8%

Tatjana Clasing

Barbara

Age : 60 | Popularity : 4%

Erla Prollius

Wärterin

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Eva-Maria Kurz

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Claus Bantzer
Production	Producer	Ottokar Runze
Editing	Editor	Renate Merck
Writing	Writer	Sibylle Schönemann Tevfik Başer Cornelius Bischoff
	Novel	Saliha Scheinhardt
Directing	Director	Tevfik Başer
Camera	Director of Photography	İzzet Akay
Department	Role	Name

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