Short Sharp Shock(Movie, 1998)

Name: Short Sharp Shock
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1998
Duration: T01:33:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "Kurz und schmerzlos" (German/DE)

1h 33min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

Short Sharp Shock (German: Kurz und schmerzlos) is a 1998 film directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akın. The film, which according to Rekin Teksoy, writing in Turkish Cinema, "focuses on the identity crises faced by German youth from various ethnic backgrounds," was the feature debut of the German-born director of Turkish descent and is said to have "represented a new German-Turkish cinema." ()

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About Short Sharp Shock

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Plays in: Hamburg

Made by: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Wüste Film West GmbH

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), Serbo-Croatian (SH), Turkish (TR)

Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 10/15/1998

Cast: Adam Bousdoukos, Fatih Akin, Mehmet Kurtuluş, İdil Üner, Ralph Herforth

Director: Fatih Akin

Screenwriter: Fatih Akin

Film Editor: Andrew Bird

Director of Photography: Frank Barbian

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Aκαριαίο χτύπημα"

"Rövid és fájdalommentes"

"Rápido y sin dolor"

Keywords: friendship, wedding, hoodlum, ex-girlfriend, arms deal, ex-boyfriend, foreigner, drugs, german-turkish living together, street gang, immigration, hamburg, germany

Budget: 500,000 USD

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