Head-On

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Streaming availability

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Cast

Sibel Kekilli

Sibel Güner

Birol Ünel

Cahit Tomruk

Güven Kıraç

Seref

Meltem Cumbul

Selma

Adam Bousdoukos

Barmann

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Barmann Istanbul

Stefan Gebelhoff

Nico

Catrin Striebeck

Maren

Demir Gökgöl

Yunus Güner

Cem Akin

Yilmaz Güner

Aysel İşcan

Birsen Güner

Orhan Güner

Bus Driver

Hermann Lause

Dr. Schiller

Selim Erdoğan

Taxi Driver

Tim Seyfi

Bavarian Taxi Driver

İdil Üner

Musician

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Francesco Fiannaca

Man at the Counter

Mona Mur

Zoe Bar Regular Customer

Ralph Misske

Patient

Philipp Baltus

Patient

Crew

Art

• Tamo Kunz Production Design
• Sirma Bradley Art Direction

Camera

• Rainer Klausmann Director of Photography
• Kerstin Stelter Still Photographer
• Carol Burandt von Kameke First Assistant Camera
• Clemens Bley Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Katrin Aschendorf Costume Design
• Almut Stier Assistant Costume Designer

Crew

• Peter Wiemker Special Effects
• Ronnie Paul Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Fatih Akin Director
• Andreas Thiel Assistant Director

Editing

• Andrew Bird Editor
• Nikolai Hartmann Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Ümit Barlas Lighting Technician

Production

• Ralph Schwingel Producer
• Ali Akdeniz Line Producer
• Mehmet Kurtuluş Producer
• Harika Uygur Casting
• Andreas Schreitmüller Producer
• Jeanette Würl Producer
• Fatih Akin Producer
• Stefan Schubert Producer
• Mai Seck Casting
• Ingrid Holzapfel Production Manager
• Muharrem Gülmez Production Manager
• Mira Husseini Publicist

Sound

• Maceo Parker Original Music Composer
• Alexander Hacke Original Music Composer
• Klaus Maeck Music
• Bülent Ersoy Music

Writing

• Fatih Akin Writer

Photos