Film record

Head-On

Original title: Gegen die Wand

2004Feature film116 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Turkey · Germany
Languages
English · German · Turkish
Genres
drama film · romance film

Credits

Direction

Fatih Akin — Directing

Cast

Birol Ünel — Acting
Sibel Kekilli — Acting
Catrin Striebeck — Acting
Güven Kıraç — Acting
Stefan Gebelhoff — Acting
Meltem Cumbul — Acting
Hermann Lause — Acting
Demir Gökgöl — Acting
Cem Akın — Acting
Mona Mur — Acting
Adam Bousdoukos — Acting
Mehmet Kurtuluş — Acting
Tim Seyfi — Acting
Andreas Thiel — Acting
Fanfare Ciocărlia — Acting
Ralph Misske — Acting
Philipp Baltus — Acting
Selim Erdoğan — Acting
Selim Sesler — Acting
İdil Üner — Acting
Maceo Parker — Acting
Orhan Güner — Acting
Monique Akin — Acting

Writing

Fatih Akin — Screenwriting

Production

Ralph Schwingel — Production
Fatih Akin — Executive production
Stefan Schubert — Production
Fatih Akin — Production
Mehmet Kurtuluş — Production
Andreas Thiel — Production
Ali Akdeniz — Production

Music

Alexander Hacke — Music composition

Cinematography

Rainer Klausmann — Cinematography

Editing

Andrew Bird — Editing

Art department

Tamo Kunz — Production design

Costume

Katrin Aschendorf — Costume design
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

MOKÉP

International
Verified
Production

Arte

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

Germany · Original release
12 Feb 2004Checked 20 Sep 2026
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