Plots(1)
Farmer’s daughter Shirin is facing an arranged marriage with the administrator who put her father in a Turkish prison. To escape, she flees to Germany, where she hopes to find Mahmud, the man she regards as her fiancé. In Cologne, Shirin gets work in a factory and finds a place to stay in a home. When she and the other “guest workers” are fired, her residency visa becomes invalid. Out of necessity, she works as a prostitute in the housing for Turkish men, under the thumb of a German pimp. It does not go well for long. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Sema Poyraz
Turkey
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Heil (2015)
Evet, I Do! (2008)
Aliki Georgouli
Greece
Best movies:
The Hunters (1977)
The Travelling Players (1975)
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
![Jannis Kyriakidis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/176/162176101_077b4f.jpg)
Jannis Kyriakidis
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988)
![Jürgen Prochnow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267555_2db919.jpg)
Jürgen Prochnow
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
Remember (2015)
![Hans Peter Hallwachs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/286/159286321_2772a1.jpg)
Hans Peter Hallwachs
German Empire
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Degree of Murder (1967)
![Ortrud Beginnen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/759/162759485_2ca02b.jpg)
Ortrud Beginnen
German Empire
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Pappa ante Portas (1991)
Einer von uns beiden (1974)
Helga David
Austria
![Peter Franke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739907_eecc38.jpg)
Peter Franke
German Empire
Best movies:
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Gigantics (1999)
![Renate Becker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/668/160668186_3578a9.jpg)
Renate Becker
Best movies:
The Dark Side of the Moon (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Salting the Battlefield (2014) (TV movie)
Grete Wurm
German Empire
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hildegard Wensch
German Empire
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Klaus Mikoleit
German Empire
Best movies:
A Woman in Flames (1983)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Entführung (1999) (TV movie)
![Helma Sanders-Brahms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533847_c2d2ea.jpg)
Helma Sanders-Brahms
German Empire
Wilfried Elste
German Empire
Best movies:
Death Is My Trade (1977)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Rosa Roth (1994) (series)