Kebab Connection (2004)

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1h 36min
Action, Comedy
21 Apr 2005 (Germany)
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In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. When Titzie, Ibo's aspiring-actress girlfriend, finds out that she's... See more »

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Anno Saul

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5 wins & 7 nominations.
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Denis Moschitto in Kebab Connection (2004)

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	Emanuel Bettencourt	...	Sifu
	Numan Acar	...	Schwertkämpfer
	Nora Tschirner	...	Titzi
	Hasan Ali Mete	...	Onkel Ahmet
	Kida Khodr Ramadan	...	Özgür (as Kida Ramadan)
	Denis Moschitto	...	Ibo
	Paul Faßnacht	...	Filmproduzent
	Phillip José Steinfatt	...	Typ auf der Strasse / Boss Gangster
	Paula Paul	...	Nadine
	Badasar Colbiyik	...	Montana
	Cem Akin	...	Altan
	Hakan Orbeyi	...	Kerem
	Ernest Hausmann	...	Kiffer im Auto
	Carmen Rüter	...	Filmstudentin
	Ferhat Türkoglu	...	Reporter (as Ferhad Kara)
	Adnan Maral	...	Kirianis
	Tatjana Velimirov	...	Stella
	Nursel Köse	...	Hatice, Ibos Mutter
	Romina Fütterer	...	Ayla, Ibos Schwester
	Güven Kiraç	...	Mehmet, Ibos Vater
	Ramin Haskan	...	Klein Ibo
	Engin Akcelik	...	Alter Türke
	Pheline Roggan	...	Punkerin
	Adam Bousdoukos	...	Valid
	Fahri Yardim	...	Lefty (as Fahri Ögün Yardim)
	Artemio Tensuan	...	Bruce Lee
	Theresa Seo	...	Dang Hon Pan Li
	Marion Martienzen	...	Marion, Titzis Mutter
	Tarek Webe	...	Baby der Italienerin
	Sibel Kekilli	...	Italienerin
	Thai Minh Le	...	Gangster 2
	Hans Peter Figueroa	...	Gangster 3
	Jessica McIntyre	...	Kellnerin
	Christopher Wu	...	Kung Fu Kämpfer
	Charlotte Crome	...	Hechelkursleiterin
	Philipp Baltus	...	Jean-Claude, Nadines Freund
	Börries Hahn-Hoffmann	...	Gast beim Griechen
	Sebastiano Toma	...	Prüfer
	Barbara Focke	...	Prüferin
	Irshad Panjatan	...	Indischer Taxifahrer
	Sarah Diener	...	Krankenschwester Notaufnahme
	Hendrikje Schüßler	...	Hebamme
	Melanie Madsen	...	Krankenschwester 2
	Jacob Abraham Gnewuch	...	Titzis Baby
	Eleftherios Kokotos	...	Musiker Hochzeit
	Ceza	...	Guest star (creditOnly)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Rémi Galtay	...	Kleiner junge an der strasse (uncredited)
	Jacob Weigert	...	Kinobesucher (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anno Saul

Written by

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Fatih Akin	...	(screenplay) and
Ruth Toma	...	(screenplay) and
Jan Berger	...	(screenplay) and
Anno Saul	...	(screenplay)

Ralph Schwingel	...	(idea)

Produced by

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Michael André	...	executive producer: WDR
Hejo Emons	...	co-producer
Dirk Hamm	...	co-producer
Andreas Schreitmüller	...	executive producer: Arte
Stefan Schubert	...	producer
Ralph Schwingel	...	producer

Music by

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Marcel Barsotti

Cinematography by

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Hannes Hubach

Editing by

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Tobias Haas

Editorial Department

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Heike Ebner	...	assistant editor
Ilona Gehr	...	negative cutter
Petra Schütt	...	color timer

Casting By

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Deborah Congia
Ingeborg Molitoris

Production Design by

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Ulrika von Vegesack

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(as Ulrika Andersson)

Costume Design by

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Katrin Aschendorf

Makeup Department

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Denise Jeschke	...	assistant makeup artist
Daniel Schröder	...	makeup supervisor
Marie Ena Wolf	...	additional makeup artist

Production Management

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Ingrid Holzapfel	...	production manager
Nicole Neumann	...	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Christoph Holsten	...	second assistant director
Kai Kullack	...	second unit director
Surk-Ki Schrade	...	first assistant director

Art Department

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David Hoffmann	...	property master
Dawn Parisi	...	storyboard artist
Astrid Poeschke	...	assistant production designer (as Astrid Poeschke Bergan)

Sound Department

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Richard Borowski	...	sound mixer
Hubert Henle	...	surround sound consultant: Dolby
Peter Klinkenberg	...	foley artist
Georg Müller	...	assistant sound
Matthias Münster	...	adr recordist
Mirko Reinhard	...	sound editor (as Mirko Reinhardt)
Kai Storck	...	sound designer
Markus Wimmer	...	foley recording engineer
Andreas Wölki	...	sound

Special Effects by

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Peer Christian Gabbe	...	special effects designer / special effects technician
Peter Wiemker	...	special effects

Visual Effects by

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Manfred Büttner	...	visual effects producer
Markus Degen	...	visual effects artist
Erich Eder	...	visual effects artist
Florian Gellinger	...	visual effects artist
Robert Pinnow	...	visual effects producer
Frank Schlegel	...	visual effects supervisor
Oliver Seiter	...	visual effects artist

Stunts

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Emanuel Bettencourt	...	fight choreographer
Sönke Korries	...	stunt rigger
René Lay	...	stunt double
Uwe Mansshardt	...	stunt double (as Uwe Manßhardt)
Ronnie Paul	...	stunt coordinator / stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michael Hauptfleisch	...	second assistant camera
Thomas Moritz Helm	...	assistant dolly grip (as Thomas Helm)
Thorben Hviid	...	additional electrician
Sebastian Lipp	...	video operator
Tibor Magaslaki	...	best boy
Niels Maier	...	gaffer
Bernd Mayer	...	key grip
Sebastian Meuschel	...	director of photography: second unit
Georges Pauly	...	still photographer
Donat Schilling	...	steadicam operator
Knut Steinert	...	assistant camera: second unit
Helmut van der Wielen	...	assistant camera
Nathalie Wiedemann	...	camera operator: re-shoots

Casting Department

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Eva Wirth

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extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Chandra Liebetanz	...	wardrobe
Niels Paarmann	...	assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Sönke Held	...	location scout
Olaf Lehmann	...	location scout

Music Department

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Raúl Alvarellos	...	musician: clarinet
Marcel Barsotti	...	music arranger / musician
Enrico Coromines	...	musician: guitar
Christian Doepke	...	musician: piano
Pia Hoffmann	...	music consultant
Zen Hu-Gothoni	...	musician: violin
Mario Kaminsky	...	musician: english horn
Axel Kühn	...	musician: flute
Klaus Maeck	...	music consultant
Claus Reichstaller	...	musician: trumpet
Matthias Tode	...	music consultant
Enrique Ugarte	...	musician: accordion

Script and Continuity Department

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My-Chi Phu Tho	...	script supervisor
Kerstin Wahrlich	...	script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Nicole Giesa	...	publicist
Uwe Kolbe	...	legal & business affairs
Oliver Lammert	...	title designer
Gregor Rok	...	title designer
Florian Schwombeck	...	extras handler
Ipek Zübert	...	publicist (as Ipek Cetinkaya)
Nicole Giesa	...	set publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Cinemien (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Cineworx (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
K Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
Polyfilm Verleih (2005) (Austria) (theatrical)
Timebandits Films (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
Vanguard Cinema (2005) (United States) (theatrical)
ARD Mediathek (2013) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
ARD TV (2008) (Germany) (tv)
ARD (2008) (Germany) (tv)
ARTE Mediathek (2012) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
ARTE Mediathek (2012) (France) (video) (VoD)
ARTE (2007) (Germany) (tv)
ARTE (2007) (France) (tv)
Angel Films (2011) (Denmark) (DVD)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2008) (Germany) (tv)
DabeiTV (2023) (Germany) (tv)
Das Erste (2008) (Germany) (tv)
Einsfestival (2014) (Germany) (tv)
Film1 (2007) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Impuls Home Entertainment (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
K Films Amerique (2004) (Canada)
Lifesize Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Netflix (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
ONE (2023) (Germany) (tv)
Premiere 1 (2006) (Germany) (tv)
Premiere 2 (2006) (Germany) (tv)
Premiere 3 (2006) (Germany) (tv)
Premiere 4 (2007) (Germany) (tv)
Premiere Austria (2007) (Austria) (tv)
Premiere Start (2007) (Germany) (tv)
R Film (2004) (Turkey)
RBB Fernsehen (2013) (Germany) (tv)
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (2013) (Germany) (tv)
Tele 5 TM-TV (2019) (Germany) (tv)
Tele 5 (2019) (Germany) (tv)
Universum Film Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
ZDF Mediathek (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)

Special Effects

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tvt. postproduction (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

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Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) (funding)
Bloc (security)
Caninenberg & Schouten (insurance)
Cinegate (camera equipment provided by)
Die Werksmannschaft (set construction)
Double Action (stunts)
Filmförderung Hamburg (funding)
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (funding)
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (funding)
Kortwich (sound equipment)
Naked Lunch (catering)
Sonoton Musik-Verlag (music)
Theaterkunst (costume rental)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. When Titzie, Ibo's aspiring-actress girlfriend, finds out that she's pregnant, Ibo's uncertainty about fatherhood is compounded by his own father's disowning him for getting a German girl pregnant--so Titzie sends him packing. He makes attempts at getting it right, but as the birth approaches, he's still not ready. In the background are three thugs in search of good tripe soup and a Capulet-Montague feud between the kebab joint and the Greek taverna across the street. Can Ibo be the glove upon that hand? Written by Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	romeo-and-juliet-plot kebab turk restaurant kung-fu See All (25) »
Genres	Action Comedy Romance
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:13 Austria:6 Denmark:15 France:Tous publics Germany:12 Hong Kong:IIA Hungary:14 Netherlands:12 Norway:11 Singapore:NC-16 Spain:13 Sweden:11 Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) United States:Not Rated

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Keb It Up (Germany) Filiera Kebab (Romania) Zveza kebab (Slovenia) Кебаб (Russia) Kebab kapcsolat (Hungary) See more »
Runtime	96 min
Official Sites	Official site
Country	Germany
Language	Greek Turkish German
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital EX
Filming Locations	Schulterblatt, Schanzenviertel, Hamburg, Germany See more »

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Goofs	Ibo falls through a restaurant window and lands on his hands among the shards of broken glass, but he gets up without any cuts. See more »
Movie Connections	References Battleship Potemkin (1925). See more »
Soundtracks	Kusu Kalkmaz See more »

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