Summary In Hamburg, always within reach of government officials, immigrants try to make their way. Shezad, a Pakistani in his early 20s, lives in a small hotel run by the shady Herder. The hotel is a virtual United Nations. Shezad tries to help an older friend, Rashid, with his amnesty claim. When it fails, Herder offers to smuggle Rashid into the US for a large fee. Herder also gets Shezad a job in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant, where he befriends Xiao, a waiter. Xiao wants to open his own restaurant; they save enough to do so, mostly through Shezad's boldness. Because Shezad is the better cook, they serve Pakistani food. Through friendship, is economic success at hand? View more details
Directed : Jan Schütte
Written : Jan Schütte Thomas Strittmatter
Stars : Ric Young Bhasker Patel Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger Buddy Uzzaman
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 10, 1988
Countries of origin : Switzerland West Germany
Language : German Mandarin Urdu Swahili Sanskrit
Filming locations : Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Novoskop Film Probst Film
Summary In Hamburg, always within reach of government officials, immigrants try to make their way. Shezad, a Pakistani in his early 20s, lives in a small hotel run by the shady Herder. The hotel is a virtual United Nations. Shezad tries to help an older friend, Rashid, with his amnesty claim. When it fails, Herder offers to smuggle Rashid into the US for a large fee. Herder also gets Shezad a job in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant, where he befriends Xiao, a waiter. Xiao wants to open his own restaurant; they save enough to do so, mostly through Shezad's boldness. Because Shezad is the better cook, they serve Pakistani food. Through friendship, is economic success at hand? View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 10, 1988
Countries of origin : Switzerland West Germany
Language : German Mandarin Urdu Swahili Sanskrit
Filming locations : Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Novoskop Film Probst Film
