Kiez

Set in Hamburg's “Hell's Kitchen,” a waterfront milieu of gangsters, pimps, dealers and prostitutes, the story follows the attempts of an ex-seaman first to insinuate himself into the scene, and then to extricate himself from it. He becomes a small-time pimp, sending his naive girlfriend out onto the streets thinking she is financing their middle-class future. When he becomes involved with an old pal, Nil, he increases his criminal portfolio. But when he steals Nil's girlfriend and things heat up, he leaves for his sister's middle-class home in Berlin, where his attempts to fit in are doomed from the start. Returning to Hamburg, he starts a rapid decline that delivers him into the waiting arms of Nil, whose revenge is merciless.

2.667

106 min

Cast

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

as Knut

Katja Rupé

as Heinke

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

as Charly

Tana Schanzara

Brigitte Janner

as Ditte

Christoph Eichhorn

Kirsten Dene

as Ms. Rau

Friedrich Schoenfelder

as Juweller

Hella von Sinnen

Hans Eppendorfer

Beate Hasenau

Magdalena Montezuma

Christiane Lemm

Christoph Eichhorn

as Julian

Hanna Seiffert

as Anne

Nicola Kotoulas

as Jutta

Rainer Philippi

as Nil

Klaus Adler

Ludwig Brundiers

Dirk Bach

Rolf Bührmann

Martina Bako

B. Ben Amara

Helmut Färberg

Annerose Donath

Sabine Gruner

Gerhard Hartig

Christa Maria Gruner

Bernd Holzmüller

Dirk Heidemann

Samy Orfgen

Monika Kölling

Mark Prokat

Stephen Linetsky

Detlef Pleschke

Herbert Warnke

Hartmut Rüting

Resi Schappert

Viktor Dietmar Wilhelm

Michael Ritter

Director

Walter Bockmayer

Rolf Bührmann