Fremdennacht
Directed by Ayşe Polat
An experimental short fiction film about Kemal Altun, a Turkish asylum seeker who threw himself out of the window of a West Berlin courtroom in 1983 at the age of 23 out of fear of being deported. Altun's situation is related to that of the writer Georg Büchner. Büchner died of typhus in 1837, during his lonely Zurich exile, where he was on the run from the Hessian authorities. What did Büchner think at the end of his long persecution? What did Altun feel on the eve of his suicide, his ultimate freedom?
Crew
Writer
Writer
Language ranking
See how Fremdennacht compares with other top-ranked German drama movies.
Open best german drama movies
More like this
Explore public related-title picks for viewers looking for movies like Fremdennacht.
Open movies like Fremdennacht
Where to watch
Open the answer-first viewing guide for Fremdennacht, including current streaming, rental, and purchase options.
Open where to watch Fremdennacht