Night Shapes

Aug 12, 1999

1h 41m

★ 6.5

Overview

The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rommel Film

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Cast

Hanna

Meriam Abbas

Victor

Dominique Horwitz

Jochen

Oliver Breite

Patty

Susanne Bormann

Peschke

Michael Gwisdek

Taxifahrer

Horst Krause

Polizeibeamter

Axel Prahl

Frau Gerhardt

Ursula Karusseit

Alte Dame

Christel Peters

Rita

Imogen Kogge

Frau im Hospitz

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Ade Sapara

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