A patient tracking shot and an unforgettable aerial view of the Berlin Wall establish both the visual and literal rhetoric of this wellorchestrated documentary. Compelling black and white portraits punctuate the interviews with established Turkish Germans and newcomers. They live in the shadow of the wall and speak of ist uncanny coldness. The stoic voiceover spoken by Norbert Langer recites Frank Kafka’s text “Before the Law,” a story about a man who stands at a door and refuses entry to one particular person. […] (Karina Griffith)
Sema Poyraz
Director
Das Leben der Anderen80%
One, Two, Three75%
Midnight Express74%
Der Himmel über Berlin77%
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo73%
The Pianist83%
Ballon75%
Possession73%
Night Crossing62%
Funeral in Berlin64%
Buffalo Soldiers63%
The Reader74%
The Way Back70%
Phoenix68%
Berlin Syndrome60%
Hitler: The Last Ten Days62%
Nuremberg75%
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life73%
The Death of Stalin70%