Far from Home
91 mins
Turkish immigrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy. With only his fellow immigrant housemates as patchwork community, Husseyin perseveres with a quiet dignity in the face of an alienating country.
Cihan Anasai
Student
Muhammet Temizkan
Kasim
Hüsamettin Kaya
Osman
Imran Kaya
Osman's wife
Sakibe Kaya
Osman's daughter
Ursula Kessler
Older woman
Renate Derr
Woman in the park
Stanislaus Solotar
Cantine worker
Ute Bokelmann
Hannelore
Rouhollah Emami
Editor
Otto Erich Kress
Producer
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer
Jürgen Mohrbutter
Production Manager
Frank Schreiner
Sound
Helga Houzer
Writer
Ramin Reza Molai
Director of Photography