Farewell to False Paradise

Farewell to False Paradise

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1989
1h 36m
7.0(3 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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ZDF
Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion

Cast & Crew

12 members
Acting

Zuhal Olcay

Elif

Zuhal Olcay
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Brigitte Janner

Marianne

Brigitte Janner
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Ruth Olafsdottir

Gabriella

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Barbara Morawiecz

Nora

Barbara Morawiecz
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Brigitte Böttrich

Christine

Brigitte Böttrich
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Tatjana Clasing

Barbara

Tatjana Clasing
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Erla Prollius

Wärterin

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Eva-Maria Kurz

Unknown Role

Eva-Maria Kurz
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Petra Barthel

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Çelik Bilge

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Çelik Bilge
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Birgül Topçugürler

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Annemarie Assmann

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