My Father the Guest Worker

Overview

The Kurdish director Yüksel Yavuz tells in an autobiographical documentary about the life of his father, who worked as a so-called guest worker at a Hamburg shipyard from 1968 to 1984. Never really at home, he only knew the way to work, the fish market and the coffee house. Yavuz succeeds in creating a touching contemporary document in which he traces the personal life story of his father and connects it with a piece of the social history of the FRG.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1995

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Kurdish, Turkish

Cast

Yüksel Yavuz

Director

Yüksel Yavuz

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0209142