Die Fremde (2010)

Director:

Feo Aladag

Writer:

Feo Aladag

Release Date:

28 January 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.

Plot Keywords:

Istanbul Turkey | Berlin Germany

Awards:

31 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Sibel Kekilli	...	Umay
Nizam Schiller	...	Cem
Derya Alabora	...	Halyme
Settar Tanriögen	...	Kader
Tamer Yigit	...	Mehmet
Serhad Can	...	Acar
Almila Bagriacik	...	Rana
Florian Lukas	...	Stipe
Nursel Köse	...	Gül
Alwara Höfels	...	Atife
Ufuk Bayraktar	...	Kemal
Blanca Apilánez	...	Carmen
Rosa Enskat	...	Manuela
Gümec Alpay	...	Zeynep
Ayla Arslancan	...	Ayten
Ynci Sen	...	Asuman
Turgay Tanülkü	...	Odhan
Hayrullah Evrenos	...	Ismet
Orhan Güner	...	Turgay
Marlon Pulat	...	Duran
Mustafa Jouni	...	Mete
Sinan Akdeniz	...	Oktay
Ali Biryar	...	Onan
Sohel Altan Gol	...	Tarik
Aram Arami	...	Kenan
Edin Hasanovic	...	Serhad
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seckin Orhan

Directed by
Feo Aladag

Writing credits
Feo Aladag

Produced by
Feo Aladag	....	producer
Züli Aladag	....	producer
Karsten Aurich	....	line producer
Julia Radke	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Stéphane Moucha
Max Richter

Cinematography by
Judith Kaufmann

Film Editing by
Andrea Mertens

Casting by
Ulrike Müller
Harika Uygur

Production Design by
Silke Buhr

Costume Design by
Gioia Raspé

Makeup Department
Mina Ghoraishi	....	makeup artist
Monika Münnich	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Alpay Algür	....	unit manager
Elke Andreas-Möller	....	post-production supervisor
Milanka Comfort	....	production manager
Jan Schäfer	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ömer Alkin	....	trainee assistant director
Mirko Borscht	....	assistant director
Christian Hoyer	....	assistant director (part two)
Matthias Junge	....	assistant director: pre-production

Art Department
Simon Blum	....	property master
Tolga Dundar	....	set dresser: Turkey

Sound Department
Alexej Ashkenazy	....	adr recordist
Oliver Göbel	....	boom operator
Jörg Kidrowski	....	sound mixer
Roland Kirchner	....	sound mix technician
Stefan Korte	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist
Tobias Poppe	....	sound effects editor
Helene Seidl	....	foley editor
Philipp Sellier	....	foley recordist
Alexander Vitt	....	adr editor
Alexander Vitt	....	adr supervisor
Alexander Vitt	....	dialogue editor
Guido Zettier	....	sound designer
Guido Zettier	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Michael Apling	....	special effects office coordinator: Berlin
Nils Bleeck	....	special effects technician: Berlin

Stunts
Tomas Jester	....	stunts
Rainer Werner	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mathias Beier	....	best boy
Matthias Biber	....	steadicam operator
Timm Brückner	....	gaffer
Martin Handrow	....	best boy
Nicola Hens	....	video operator
Christian Hüning	....	clapper
Andres Lizana Prado	....	assistant camera: second unit
Maike Maier	....	grip
Michael Ole Nielsen	....	steadi-cam operator
Dario Raspudic	....	assistant grip
Henrik Sauer	....	camera: second unit
Henrik Sauer	....	first assistant camera
Benjamin Treplin	....	Steadicam operator
Christian von Spee	....	assistant camera: a-cam
Michael Wähner	....	electrician

Casting Department
Pep Armengol	....	casting: Spain
Vicky Cohn	....	casting assistant
Luci Lenox	....	casting: Spain

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Martina Carl	....	costume assistant
Gunes Coban	....	wardrobe
Maximiliane Hermes	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Özlem Konuk	....	assistant editor
Manfred Turek	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Benjamin Caillaud	....	music editor
Yvan Cassar	....	musician: solo piano
Bertrand Cervera	....	musician: solo violin
Elena Cheah	....	musican: cello
Steffen Irlinger	....	music supervisor
Annette Kudrak	....	music editor
Elissa Lee	....	musician: violin
Stéphane Reichart	....	music scoring mixer
Max Richter	....	musican: piano

Other crew
Frauke Ahlers	....	assistant to producer
Benan Baf	....	location manager: Turkey
Peter Futschik	....	production accountant
Recai Hallac	....	interpreter
Franziska Jahnke	....	location manager
Christoph Kukula	....	production assistant
Norbert Maass	....	marketing and sales consultant
Volker Otte	....	filmfunding manager
Marie Elisa Scheidt	....	production trainee
Nergis Usta	....	continuity
Yesim Zolan	....	location scout

Thanks
Züli Aladag	....	dedicatee (as Züli)
Bettina Böhler	....	thanks
Christoph Heller	....	thanks
Vanessa Jopp	....	thanks
Michael Schmid-Ospach	....	thanks
Harald Will	....	thanks

Production Companies

• ARTE
• Independent Artists Filmproduktion
• Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributors

• ABC Distribution (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2010) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Majestic-Filmverleih (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Olive Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Wild Bunch Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Accent Film Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Homescreen (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (all media)
• Özen Film (2010) (Turkey) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Zettier Sound Design  sound design & editorial

Also Known As:

"When We Leave" - International (English title)
"A Estrangeira" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Ayrilik" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Az idegen" - Hungary
"L'étrangère" - France (imdb display title)
"La extraña" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Obca" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Strankinja" - Croatia (imdb display title)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA (2011) | USA:Unrated | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

ARTE

Trivia:

Feo Aladag wrote and directed this movie after participating in Amnesty International's "Violence Against Women" campaign, and feeling like she had more to explore in the subject of honor killings.

Examination of a primitive sociological issue

The basic plot is simple: a young lady with a crazy in-laws feds up and leaves making her a total outcast. The acting seemed a bit too dramatic and overly polished. The actors are obviously talented and have done their best, but it showed that they were trying too hard, which took away the realism I was anticipating. More than a few scenes were simply yelling and slapping which I've found quite raw. The close-ups were nice generally with beautiful faces, occasionally with oblique views. At times, when we were shown a scene with people staring at each other silently which meant that the discussion was over, I wondered if that was really the case and not if we were witnessing a zen moment. As a side note, I just have to point out that the subject of film has little to do with religion or being a "muslim". The problem is far too deep which is really a sociological phenomena rooted in dogmatic cultural upbringings and a feudal life style (mostly) of the eastern part of country where people are just a dot in the family picture rather than individuals with autonomy. You could see that nobody in the family wanted to be a part of what was going on but they could not behave otherwise -- they were slaves of their communities even thousands of miles away.