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Released
1988 · FILM

Heads on Fire

Runtime
85 min
Language
DE
Drama

Synopsis

Four young people—a Turkish woman who has escaped a forced marriage, a Japanese musician, an anarchist, and a male prostitute—retreat from the outside world in an abandoned shipyard and develop a kind of love-hate relationship with each other. At times oppressively realistic, this milieu study of "lost" urban youth loses much of its impact due to its overly complicated script.

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Principal cast & crew: 11

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Irmingard ButtlerShot by Jorg SchalkDesigned by Maximilian Johannsmann

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