Northern Skirts (1999)
Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. Strangers in a strange land, they feel a sense of loss in their new, temporary environment. The five-some meet and get close to each other, hopelessly clinging to friendships and relationships with no future. They frequent cafés and train stations dreaming of a better tomorrow. Often, they just fall back on the prospect of short-term affection in yet another doomed romantic or sexual encounter. Trying hard to suppress the memories of war and alienation, they try to find moral strength and warmth through one another.
Director: Barbara Albert
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Nina Proll as Jasmin Schmid |
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Edita Malovčić as Tamara |
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Astrit Alihajdaraj as Senad |
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Tudor Chirilă as Valentin |
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Michael Tanczos as Roman |
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Brigitte Kren as Gitti |
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Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang |
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Martina Stojan as Sonja |
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Marta Klubowicz as Jolanta |
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Margarethe Tiesel as Jasmin's Mother |
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Andreas Zorn as Jasmin's Father |
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Raphaela Kenesei as Nicole |
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Stefan Kenesei as Thomas |
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Markus Hauer as Rene |
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Iva Bagarić as Marina |
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Stefan Bernhard as Michi |
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Gerhard Kasal as The long one (Der Lange) |
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Nicholas Ofczarek as G. R. |
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Susanna Fuss as Valentin's grandmother |
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Ratka Krstulović as Tamara's Mother |
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Alan Perimposic as Alexander |
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Liana Fersedi as Alexandrina |
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Enzo Scanzi as Rocco |
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Viktor Wenty as Truck driver |
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Martin Schenkel as Jasmin's supervisor |
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Amelie Huart as Jasmin (as a child) |
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Diana Jovanovic as Tamara (as a child) |
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Kurt Dietl as |
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Milada Grujic as |
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Alfons R. Karg as |
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Jörgen Kubitschek as |
| Production | Erich Lackner | Producer |
| Editing | Monika Willi | Editor |
| Directing | Barbara Albert | Director |
| Writing | Barbara Albert | Writer |
| Camera | Christine A. Maier | Director of Photography |
| Production | Wernfried Natter | Production Manager |
| Production | Martin Hagemann | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Martin Schmassmann | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Rolf Schmid | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Werner Swossil | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Annedore von Donop | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Klaus Pridnig | Casting |
| Production | Eva Roth | Casting |
| Art | Katharina Wöppermann | Production Design |
| Art | Katharina Wöppermann | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfred Mayerhofer | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Prandstetter | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karin Schön | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Maike Bodanowski | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Fritz Noltmann | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Klaus Pridnig | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andreas Kopriva | Sound |
