Dragon Chow (1987)
Shezad is a Pakistani refugee seeking his fortune in Hamburg. At night, he sells roses in pubs. During the day, he is looking for a job. He starts working as a dishwasher and soup cook in a Chinese restaurant. Xiao, the waiter, and Shezad dream of opening their own restaurant. Herder, the janitor of the asylum seekers' home and part-time escape helper, has to go abroad. Shezad takes over his job and finds the money for the restaurant in East Berlin by not entirely legal means. So Shezad and Xiao's dream comes true. However, the day of the opening ends differently than the two of them had imagined.
Director: Jan Schütte
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Bhasker Patel as Shezad |
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Ric Young as Xiao |
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Badi Uzzaman as Rashid |
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Ulrich Wildgruber as Udo |
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Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger as Herder |
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Frank Oladeinde as Dale |
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Louis Blaise Londolz as Louis |
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Su Zeng Hua as Wang |
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Young Me Song as Herders Frau |
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Peter Maertens as Beamter |
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Ulrike Purschke as Monika |
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Circe as Hans |
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Manfred Brauneck as Abschieberichter |
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Peter Fitz as Gast |
| Writing | Jan Schütte | Writer |
| Writing | Thomas Strittmatter | Writer |
| Crew | Lutz Konermann | Cinematography |
| Editing | Renate Merck | Editor |
| Art | Katharina Wöppermann | Art Direction |
| Sound | Claus Bantzer | Music |
| Sound | Ernst Hermann Marell | Sound |
| Lighting | Holger Greiß | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Heinz-Walter Rose | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Eric Nellessen | Producer |
| Production | Jan Schütte | Producer |
| Directing | Jan Schütte | Director |