Directed by:
Michael KochScreenplay:
Michael KochCinematography:
Bernhard KellerCast:
Margarita Breitkreiz, Sahin Eryilmaz, Georg Friedrich, Olga Dinnikova, Georges Devdariani, Nikolay Donchev, Andreas Engelmann, Rosemarie Wach (more)Plots(1)
Marija, a young Ukranian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings. (Locarno Festival)
(more)Cast
Margarita Breitkreiz
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Maria (2016)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Sahin Eryilmaz
West Germany
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Unsere Zeit ist jetzt (2016)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Olga Dinnikova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Maria (2016)
Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen (2009) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Georges Devdariani
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gangsterdam (2017)
Maria (2016)
Stalingrad (2013)
Nikolay Donchev
Best movies:
Maria (2016)
Tom and Hacke (2012)
Andreas Engelmann
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Maria (2016)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Rosemarie Wach
Best movies:
Maria (2016)
Günfer Cölgecen
Turkey
Best movies:
Maria (2016)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Informantin (2016) (TV movie)