Far from Home ( 1975 )

Overview

Turkish immigrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy. With only his fellow immigrant housemates as patchwork community, Husseyin perseveres with a quiet dignity in the face of an alienating country.

Top Cast

Parviz Sayyad

Husseyin

Cihan Anasai

Student

Muhammet Temizkan

Kasim

Hüsamettin Kaya

Osman

Imran Kaya

Osman's wife

Sakibe Kaya

Osman's daughter

Wurdu Püsküllü

Ursula Kessler

Older woman

Renate Derr

Woman in the park

Stanislaus Solotar

Cantine worker

Heinz Bernard

Subway worker

Yagizer Aybas

Ilona Breuer

Elvira Hentschel

Ute Bokelmann

Hannelore