Head-On

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Instance of

film

Publication date

12 February 2004, 11 March 2004, 2004

Part of the series

Love, Death and Evil trilogy

Director

Fatih Akin

Composer

Alexander Hacke

Genre

romance film, drama film

Main subject

internal conflict, outsider, Turks in Germany, women in Islam, self-destructive behaviour, self-discovery, Q19213365, liberty, autonomy, sexual relationship, jealousy, human bonding

Awards

Golden Bear, European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

assessment

Bechdel test, Waithe Test, Shukla Test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test, Feldman Test, Landau Test, Riz Test

cast member

Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kıraç, Stefan Gebelhoff, Meltem Cumbul, Hermann Lause, Demir Gökgöl, Cem Akın, Mona Mur, Adam Bousdoukos, Mehmet Kurtuluş

CNC film rating (France)

no minors under twelve

color

color

costume designer

Katrin Aschendorf

country of origin

Germany, Turkey

different from

Q9284300

director of photography

Rainer Klausmann

distributed by

MOKÉP

distribution format

video on demand

duration

116

executive producer

Fatih Akin

film editor

Andrew Bird

filming location

Germany

Filmiroda rating

Category III

FSK film rating

FSK 12

JMK film rating

free from 14 years

Kijkwijzer rating

16

make-up artist

Daniel Schröder, Nurşen Balcı

narrative location

Istanbul, Hamburg, St. Pauli

nominated for

European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Actor, European Film Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Director, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor, European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

original language of film or TV show

German, Turkish, English

participant in

17th European Film Awards

producer

Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert, Fatih Akin, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Andreas Thiel, Ali Akdeniz

production company

Arte, Bavaria Film, Wüste Film, Corazón International, Norddeutscher Rundfunk

production designer

Tamo Kunz

RARS rating

16+

review score

7.3/10, 91%, 78/100

screenwriter

Fatih Akin

set in period

2000s

title

Gegen die Wand, Duvara Karșı

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