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Short Sharp Shock is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Fatih Akın released in USA on 1 september 2000 with Mehmet Kurtuluş

Short Sharp Shock (1998)

Kurz und schmerzlos

Short Sharp Shock
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Released in USA 1 september 2000
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating71% 3.5953953.5953953.5953953.5953953.595395

Short Sharp Shock (German: Kurz und schmerzlos) is a 1998 film directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akın.

The film, which according to Rekin Teksoy, writing in Turkish Cinema, "focuses on the identity crises faced by German youth from various ethnic backgrounds," was the feature debut of the German-born director of Turkish descent and is said to have "represented a new German-Turkish cinema."

Synopsis

Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtuluş) the Turk, Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanović) the Serb and Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) the Greek are three friends who used to form a neighborhood gang in Altona district of Hamburg. Following his release from prison Gabriel is ready for a new start on life. Bobby however has been doing jobs for crazed Albanian mobster Muhamer (Ralph Herforth) and his girlfriend Alice (Regula Grauwiller) turns to Gabriel for comfort. When Costa who has turned to petty theft and is dating Gabriel's sister Ceyda (İdil Üner) also joins Muhamer's gang, Gabriel intervenes to save his friends, an action which puts his dreams of retiring to Turkey at risk.

Actors

Mehmet Kurtuluş

(Gabriel)Fatih Akın

(Nejo)Adam Bousdoukos

(Costa)Marc Hosemann

(Sven)Nezâ Selbuz

(Tänzerin auf Hochzeit)
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