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Story

Synopsis

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...

Director

Ulrich Seidl

Writers

Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz

Language

German

Country

Austria, Germany, Ukraine

Release date

18 October 2007

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ekateryna Rak

  Olga

• 

  Paul Hofmann

  Pauli

• 

  Michael Thomas

  Paulis Stiefvater

• 

  Susanne Lothar

  Paulis Mutter

• 

  Natalija Baranova

  Olgas Freundin (Ukraine)

• Natalja Epureanu

  Olgas Freundin (Wien)

• 

  Maria Hofstätter

  Schwester Maria

• 

  Georg Friedrich

  Pfleger Andi

• Erich Finsches

  Erich Schlager

• 

  Johannes Nussbaum

  Sohn Einfamilienhaus

• Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka

  Olgas Mutter

• Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov

  Olgas Bruder