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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   14,011 votes
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Director:
Fatih Akin
Writer:
Fatih Akin (book)
Contact:
View company contact information for Head-On on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
11 March 2004 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life... more | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
23 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
One of the most SINCERE movies I ever seen. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Birol Ünel ... Cahit Tomruk

Sibel Kekilli ... Sibel
Catrin Striebeck ... Maren

Meltem Cumbul ... Selma (Cousine)
Stefan Gebelhoff ... Nico
Francesco Fiannaca ... Mann am Tresen
Mona Mur ... Stammkundin Zoe Bar

Ralph Misske ... Patient 1 (Psychiatrie)

Philipp Baltus ... Patient 2 (Psychiatrie)
Hermann Lause ... Dr. Schiller
Karin Niwiger ... Kassiererin (Psychiatrie)
Demir Gökgöl ... Yunus Güner (Vater)
Cem Akin ... Yilmaz Güner (Bruder)
Aysel Iscan ... Birsen Güner (Mutter)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monique Akin ... Kundin im Friseurladen
Canan Ata ... Canan
Cahit Aygüler ... Schläger
Adam Bousdoukos ... Barmann - Hochzeitsnacht
Yilmaz Canan ... Türsteher #1
Aytun Ede ... Musiker
Selim Erdogan ... Taxifahrer
Tugay Erverdi ... Osman #3
Nurcan Esmertürk ... Nurcan
Marco Greiser ... Abschlepper Disco

Orhan Güner ... Busfahrer
Sileyman Kaplan ... Sly
Hatun Kazci ... Hatice
Güven Kiraç ... Seref
Feridun Koc ... Osman #1

Mehmet Kurtulus ... Barmann Istanbul
Zarah McKenzie ... Barfrau in der Fabrik
Alma Ouglu Sahin ... Türsteher 2
Reinhold Schulz ... Gefängnisbeamter
Tulga Serim ... Osman #2

Tim Seyfi ... Bayerischer Taxifahrer
Herr Tekin ... Barbier
Andreas Thiel ... Standesbeamter
Misra Tomruk ... Pamuk - Tochter
Senol Ugurlu ... Shane
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Duvara karsi (Turkey: Turkish title)
Head-On (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic sexuality, pervasive language, some brutal violence and drug content.
Runtime:
121 min
Country:
Germany | Turkey
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Arte more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film's first cut ran to 4 hours. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The psychiatrist at the beginning of the film tells Cahit about a song by the band The The containing the line "If you can't change the world, change your world". The actual quote (from the song "Lonely Planet", included in the album "Dusk") is "If you can't change the world, change yourself". more
Quotes:
Cahit: I'm sorry I ran off before.
Sibel: That's OK.
Cahit: I'm a mental case, you know?
Sibel: [Kisses Cahit]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Fata Morgana more

FAQ

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36 out of 46 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the most SINCERE movies I ever seen., 14 March 2004
10/10
Author: (hinc@hotmail.com) from Istanbul, Turkey

As I mentioned in the subject if you ask me to describe this movie only in one word, this word would be SINCERITY, or may be HONESTY.

Turkish people as a conservative society mostly do not get used to approaches towards Turkish culture in this movie by Fatih Akin. He successfully describes the boundaries formed around Sibel originated by her culture in an opposite-culture dominated country Germany. Fatih Akin has a free approach towards the life of Sibel surrounded by the WALLs built by her Turkish origin.

I believe the reason of the free & brave approach in Fatih Akin lies in his free social and cinematographical development as a later generation Turk at Germany. In Turkey, we have no chance to get that approach he has, from our local directors because of legal, social and market dominated factors in local Turkish cinema.

Besides movie tells a love story happened in an environment between, behind, among and surrounded by the WALLs. Sibel marries with an alienated looser man Cahit to break down the WALLs. But she forgot to plan about love. Love damages both of their lives in an unfortunate realistic way.

As a result, Gegen die Wand - Head-on - Duvara Karþý is a must see SINCERE movie by a Turkish director from German cinema.

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