26 Jun 2009
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
Night Shapes
The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.
Top Billed Cast
Meriam Abbas Hanna
Dominique Horwitz Victor
Oliver Breite Jochen
Susanne Bormann Patty
Michael Gwisdek Peschke
Horst Krause Taxifahrer
Axel Prahl Polizeibeamter
Ursula Karusseit Frau Gerhardt
Christel Peters Alte Dame
Imogen Kogge Rita
Carmen-Maja Antoni Frau im Hospitz
Ade Sapara
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