Night Shapes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Andreas Dresen
Carmen-maja Antoni
Michael Gwisdek
Dagmar Sitte
Eralp Huseyin
Meriam Abbas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Three stories set in Berlin merge on the eve of a visit by Pope John Paul II. Hanna is homeless, and when she finds 100 marks, she is overjoyed. She plans to spend a night with her boyfriend in a hotel room with a bath. But things prove to be more complex than she imagined. Jochen is a farmer in the city overnight. He meets a young prostitute, whom he wants to be affectionate to. She is hard and businesslike, though, and their misunderstandings explode in violence. Peschke is a failed yuppie who is given a chance to redeem himself in helping a boy from Angola find his relatives.
Director
Andreas Dresen
Cast
Carmen-maja Antoni
Michael Gwisdek
Dagmar Sitte
Eralp Huseyin
Meriam Abbas
Imogen Kogge
Christel Peters
Tristan Guercovich
Daniela Dietze
Ade Sapara
Josefine Leuschner
Horst Krause
Dominique Horwitz
Ricardo Valentim
Ursula Karusseit
Susanne Bormann
Oliver Bassler
Axel Prahl
Crew
Heiko Ahrens
Doris Borkman
Dariusz Brunzel
Andreas Dresen
Sabine Greunig
Peter Hartwig
Andreas Hofer
Klaus Hornemann
Claudia Jaffke
Grit Kosse
Cathrin Pfeifer
Rainer Rohloff
Peter Rommel
Monika Schindler
Nadine Schindler
Peter Schmidt
Sabine Weyrich
Conny Ziesche
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor (Michael Gwisdek) at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival.
Released in Germany August 1999
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 10-21, 1999.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition/ Made in Berlin) October 6-21, 1999.
Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "New Films from Germany" April 16-18, 1999.
35mm
color
Dolby Stereo
dialogue German
subtitled English
Released in Germany August 1999
