Fatih Akin
Also Known As: Fatih Akın
Biography: Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Deutschland
Adult: No
Birthday: August 25, 1973
Age: 51 years old
Gender: Male
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The Experiment
Overview: 20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-03-08
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A Goddamn Job
Overview: After 1000 years of being God, Jonathan finally wants to get rid of the arduous job and not only has to answer to the tough goddess of the universe for his term in office, but also has to find a successor: the chaotic comic artist Niklas is supposed to be the lucky one. He just ran into pizza delivery driver Tess - and there was a spark between the two.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-04-19
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In July
Overview: Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-08-23
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Short Sharp Shock
Overview: Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-10-15
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From Caligari to Hitler
Overview: Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-05-28
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Robbery Alla Turca
Overview: With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection. Meanwhile, Seckin the fashioner designer - also the brother of Binnur, wife of the late billionaire - prepares for a fashion show in the same hotel that the robbery is going to take place. With the intervention of police, the beautiful model and her ex-lover, a hip papparazi, the two "Laz" mafia bosses seeking revenge, and the getaway driver straight out of Selcuk Erdem caricatures, the robbery is bound to go wrong. Prepare for a twist at the end as the plot unfolds towards a climactic ending...
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2005-02-10
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Getürkt
Overview: Akin plays a loser who pretends that he has good dope and finds that he has to deliver in real to a gangster.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-11-13
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Sensin – Du bist es
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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Trickser
Overview: After a successful bank robbery, Erik and Bingo have to part again. While Erik is stuck in a demolition house with his booty and broken foot, Bingo believes Erik has settled with the money. The accomplices become bitter rivals.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Ein krasser Deal
Overview: Hip hoppers Yogi and Kemel dream of a big break in the music business. But just before an important competition, another band steals the song from them, and loan shark Harry confiscates their system.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-06-03
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Kismet
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Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Planet der Kannibalen
Overview: A television reporter searches for alien life forms and gets entangeled in a web of intrigue.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-11-17
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German Dream
Overview: A documentary about the integration and lifestyle of Turks who immigrated to Germany, especially young people, who are defined as the third generation today. The film contains a wide range of perspectives ranging from hip hop artists to businessmen, retired workers to film directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2004-11-15
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Champions: A Comic Tale
Overview: A comic tale. The issue of film education has been a Gordian link for many years in Greece. Starting from the time of Stavrakos in 1950, the documentary reaches up to the present day, exploring this issue through a dialogue between the people who dealt and are dealing. Among them Theodoros Angelopoulos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Dinos Katsouridis, Nikos Koundouros, Manos Zacharias, Werner Herzog, Emir Kustouritsa, Fatih Akin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-03-15
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Back in Trouble
Overview: Unsuccessful Luxembourg bank robber Johnny Chicago is released from prison and immediately and incompetently attempts to resume his life of crime. In a few days he manages to get his old partner fired and thrown out of the house, his girlfriend arrested and jailed, all the while scheming to rob a bunch of German pensioners, stop a train and make some quick money to make a name for himself.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-12-11
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Schauburg Mon Amour
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-05-04
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The Lovers of the Hotel Osman
Overview: Ahmet and Ili are in love with one another and with Istanbul. They want to stay for a night in a hotel room with a view on the wonderful Bosporus and with a little creative thinking avoid having to show a 'marriage-pass'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-06-01
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Ronny & Klaid
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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We Have Forgotten to Return Home
Overview: A documentary by Fatih Akin about turkish immigrants in Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Last Flight
Overview: In an apartment building in Nuremberg, Germany, a night amongst four young adults has just begun. Talk, laughter, and a few intravenous shots to escape and fly towards another place. But one amongst them seems to have not returned from his trip. The jury speaks: His heart is no longer beating, the dose seems to have been fatal. What are they to do now? How should they get rid of the body? A solution is found, make him fly, but the landing turns out to be not so soft for those left behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-03-03
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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Overview: A film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a grand-father, a friend, a professor... This film is an unexpected meeting with one of the most fascinating European film directors: Emir Kusturica. This is a journey to memory and forgetfulness. Beyond success, money, dependencies and pride. A deeper look into the world of Kusturica and his Wooden city at Mokra Gora. A tale about the won battles, as well as the lost ones. About the everlasting curiosity in filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2012-03-01
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All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Overview: Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2025-04-17
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