Movielogr
Kiez (1983)
Directed by Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann
Overview
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.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Karl-Heinz von Hassel | Brigitte Janner | Samy Orfgen | Christoph Eichhorn | Friedrich Schoenfelder | Katja Rupé | Tana Schanzara | Dirk Bach | Beate Hasenau | Magdalena Montezuma | Herbert Warnke | Rolf Bührmann | Hella von Sinnen | Christiane Lemm | Gerhard Hartig | Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | Hanna Seiffert | Kirsten Dene | Rainer Philippi | Hartmut Rüting | Klaus Adler | Dirk Heidemann | Bernd Holzmüller | Stephen Linetsky | Hans Eppendorfer | Nicola Kotoulas | Ludwig Brundiers | Martina Bako | B. Ben Amara | Helmut Färberg | Annerose Donath | Sabine Gruner | Christa Maria Gruner | Monika Kölling | Mark Prokat | Detlef Pleschke | Resi Schappert | Viktor Dietmar Wilhelm | Michael Ritter