Head-On

Head-On

You don't really know how much you can love...

2004•1h 57m•7.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(619)

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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Production

Corazón International, Wüste Film, ARTE, Bavaria Film International, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), NDR, Pan-Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sibel Kekilli

Sibel Kekilli

Sibel Güner

Birol Ünel

Birol Ünel

Cahit Tomruk

Güven Kıraç

Güven Kıraç

Seref

Meltem Cumbul

Meltem Cumbul

Selma

Adam Bousdoukos

Adam Bousdoukos

Barmann

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Barmann Istanbul

Stefan Gebelhoff

Stefan Gebelhoff

Nico

Catrin Striebeck

Catrin Striebeck

Maren

Demir Gökgöl

Demir Gökgöl

Yunus Güner

Cem Akin

Cem Akin

Yilmaz Güner

Aysel İşcan

Aysel İşcan

Birsen Güner

Orhan Güner

Orhan Güner

Bus Driver

Hermann Lause

Hermann Lause

Dr. Schiller

Selim Erdoğan

Selim Erdoğan

Taxi Driver

Tim Seyfi

Tim Seyfi

Bavarian Taxi Driver

İdil Üner

İdil Üner

Musician

Francesco Fiannaca

Man at the Counter

Mona Mur

Mona Mur

Zoe Bar Regular Customer

Ralph Misske

Ralph Misske

Patient

Philipp Baltus

Philipp Baltus

Patient

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