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A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...
2007 · Directed by Ulrich Seidl · 135 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
- Cinematography: Edward Lachman, Wolfgang Thaler
- Edited by: Christof Schertenleib
- Production design: Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser
- Produced by: Lucki Stipetić, Ulrich Seidl
Cast
- Ekateryna Rak as Olga
- Paul Hofmann as Pauli
- Michael Thomas as Paulis Stiefvater
- Susanne Lothar as Paulis Mutter
- Natalija Baranova as Olgas Freundin (Ukraine)
- Natalja Epureanu as Olgas Freundin (Wien)
- Maria Hofstätter as Schwester Maria
- Georg Friedrich as Pfleger Andi
- Erich Finsches as Erich Schlager
- Johannes Nussbaum as Sohn Einfamilienhaus
Production
- Country: Austria, Ukraine, Germany
- Language: German, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Slovak
- Studios: Pronto Film, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Essential Filmproduktion
- Themes: exploitation, austria, sexual violence, teacher, illegal prostitution, nursing home, unemployment, emigrant, ukraine
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