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Kiez

1983-04-22 · 106 min · ★ 4.5

Drama

Set in Hamburg's “Hell's Kitchen,” a waterfront milieu of gangsters, pimps, dealers and prostitutes, the story follows the attempts of an ex-seaman first to insinuate himself into the scene, and then to extricate himself from it. He becomes a small-time pimp, sending his naive girlfriend out onto the streets thinking she is financing their middle-class future. When he becomes involved with an old pal, Nil, he increases his criminal portfolio. But when he steals Nil's girlfriend and things heat up, he leaves for his sister's middle-class home in Berlin, where his attempts to fit in are doomed from the start. Returning to Hamburg, he starts a rapid decline that delivers him into the waiting arms of Nil, whose revenge is merciless.

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Directors
Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann
Production companies
Entenproduktion, Neue Filmproduktion
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Wolf-Dietrich SprengerWolf-Dietrich SprengerKnut
Katja RupéKatja RupéHeinke
Karl-Heinz von HasselKarl-Heinz von HasselCharly
Tana SchanzaraTana Schanzara
Brigitte JannerBrigitte JannerDitte
Christoph EichhornChristoph Eichhorn
Kirsten DeneKirsten DeneMs. Rau
Friedrich SchoenfelderFriedrich SchoenfelderJuweller
Hella von SinnenHella von Sinnen
Hans Eppendorfer
Beate HasenauBeate Hasenau
Magdalena MontezumaMagdalena Montezuma
Christiane LemmChristiane Lemm
Christoph EichhornChristoph EichhornJulian
Hanna SeiffertAnne
Nicola KotoulasJutta
Rainer PhilippiNil
Klaus Adler
Ludwig Brundiers
Dirk BachDirk Bach

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