Release Date

28 Sep, 1990

Runtime

01:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise?

Original Title

Reise der Hoffnung

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Actors

Nur Sürer

Necmettin Çobanoğlu

Emin Sivas

Yaman Okay

Sebastiano Filocamo

Dietmar Schönherr

Mathias Gnädinger

Andrea Zogg

Hansjörg Schneider

Erdinç Akbaş

Yaşar Güner

Sevim Metin

Crew

Xavier Koller

Feride Çiçekoğlu

Galip Iyitanir

Grazia Colombini

Andreas Schneider

Kathrin Brunner

Xavier Koller

Daniel Gibel

Alfi Sinniger

Elemér Ragályi

Peter-Christian Fueter