Kiez (1983)
Kiez (1983)
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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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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Genres: Drama

Language: Deutsch

Release Date: 22 April 1983

Country: DE

Runtime: 106m

Company Credits

Company: Entenproduktion, Neue Filmproduktion

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Wolfgang Boesken

Wolfgang Boesken

Production Manager

Rolf Bührmann

Rolf Bührmann

Producer

Felix Hock

Felix Hock

Executive Producer

Horst Scheel

Horst Scheel

Production Assistant

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Tabea Blumenschein

Tabea Blumenschein

Costume Design

Astrid Rühr

Astrid Rühr

Wardrobe Master

Liane Cohrs

Liane Cohrs

Makeup Artist

Andrea Marx

Andrea Marx

Makeup Artist

Gisela Trescher

Gisela Trescher

Makeup Artist

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Hermann Fahr

Hermann Fahr

Assistant Camera

Judith Kaufmann

Judith Kaufmann

Assistant Camera

Helmut Röttgen

Helmut Röttgen

Still Photographer

Thomas Mauch

Thomas Mauch

Director of Photography

Lighting

Rudolf Hartl

Rudolf Hartl

Lighting Technician

Dieter Denzer

Dieter Denzer

Lighting Technician

Armin Dahm

Armin Dahm

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Thomas Schappert

Thomas Schappert

Production Design

Olaf Schiefner

Olaf Schiefner

Property Master

Other Crew

Joachim Schulz

Joachim Schulz

Special Effects

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