40 Quadratmeter Deutschland

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40 qm Deutschland
Directed by	Tevfik Başer
Written by	Tevfik Başer
Produced by	Tevfik Başer
Starring	Özay Fecht Yaman Okay Demir Gökgöl
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Claus Bantzer
Production company	Studio Hamburg
Release date	31 July 1986 (1986-07-31)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

40 qm Deutschland (English: 40 Square Meters of Germany) is a 1986 West German film directed by Tevfik Başer, who helped both with the script and the production. The film won several awards making it one of the most significant German movies of 1986.^[1]

Production[]

40 qm Deutschland was first released on 31 July 1986. The shooting of the movie took 21 days, but the following editing seven weeks. With only 450,000 DM (c. US$280,000) spent on its output, it was a low-budget production. The only setting is a 40 m² apartment in an old building in Hamburg. Başer, who was chasing a vision he had been fostering for some time, procured the production, the script, the direction, the crew and the location almost all by himself. The church musician ended up being in charge of the music, was trusted with the camera and the lead actress Özay Fecht was already known as a jazz singer. Six months prior to the premiere, Baser explained his reasons for the project to the Frankfurter Rundschau:^[1]

I want to try to show and clarify some of the thoughts and feelings of people who belong to a foreign culture, about which I criticize some parts but which I also understand because of its tradition. I want the Germans to get to know us, because the unknown is scary and produces hate, as you can see based on the demonstrations against the Turks. Because of that I show the circumstances of the foreign workers in Germany based on this example without even leaving the apartment.

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External links[]

• 40 qm Deutschland at IMDb

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