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OTOMO (1999)

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Film details

Featuring

Isaach de Bankolé Eva Mattes Hanno Friedrich
Director

Frieder Schlaich
Country

Germany
Year

1999
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

OTTOMO Alternative

Synopsis

Drama. The story, based on fact and set in 1989, unravels what occurred during the last day of a West African man's life in bizarre circumstances. The man, a Liberian political refugee naned Otomo, applied for asylum, had his ticket checked during a tram journey in Stuttgart, and within two hours had stabbed two policemen to death, before being shot himself.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Otomo
    
    Isaach de Bankolé
  - Gisela
    
    Eva Mattes
  - Heinz
    
    Hanno Friedrich
  - Rolf
    
    Barnaby Metschurat
  - Simone
    
    Lara Kugler
  - Anna
    
    Sigrid Burkholder
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Frieder Schlaich
  - Assistant Director
    
    Uwe Kassai
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Filmgalerie 451
  - Production Company
    
    ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
  - With backing from
    
    Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg
  - With backing from
    
    FilmFörderung Hamburg
  - With backing from
    
    Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
  - Producer
    
    Irene von Alberti
  - Producer
    
    Thomas Lechner
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Frieder Schlaich
  - Screenplay
    
    Klaus Pohl
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Volker Tittel
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Magdolna Rokob
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Anne Schlaich
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Freundeskreis
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Steffan Graubaum

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