Ummah - Among friends

Movie
Original title	Ummah - Among friends
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2013
length	108 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Cüneyt Kaya
script	Cüneyt Kaya
production	Angélique Kommer , Cüneyt Kaya, Hans Weingartner , Anatol Nitschke
music	Frank Schreiber
camera	Sebastian Bäumler
cut	Laylah Naimi , Cüneyt Kaya
occupation
Frederick Lau : Daniel Klemm Kida Khodr Ramadan : Abbas Burak Yiğit : Jamal Mona Pirzad : Dina Robert Schupp : Björn Hartmann Sami Nasser : Hasan Tamer Arslan : Yahya Cetin Ipekkaya : Ibrahim Eray Eğilmez : Ahmad, Koran teacher Claudia Eisinger : Kindergarten teacher Reinhard Rother : Policeman wedding Fritz Roth : Taxi driver Ugur Polat : Khaled Dirk Talaga : Mr. Thomaschewski Katharina Heyer : News anchor Hans Weingartner : studio director Tactless : Islamic students Hannes Wegener : racket Steven Leideck : Bill poster Atze Petra Maresch : suit seller Eleonore Weisgerber : Erika Rabel Anneke Kim Sarnau : Moderator Scheldt

Ummah - Unter Freunde is a German  feature film from 2013 . The film opened in German cinemas on September 12, 2013.

action

Daniel Klemm has been working as an undercover agent for the protection of the constitution in Brandenburg for five years. After a failed and controversial mission in the neo-Nazi scene in Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Saxony, in which two skinheads are killed and Daniel is injured with a shot in the stomach, he actually wants to get out, but is initially only on leave for 3 months. In addition, he is provided with a shabby apartment in Baderstrasse in Berlin-Neukölln (Zone R4). At first he closes himself off from his new environment and is teeming with z. E.g. his neighbor, the Afghan Dina, who brings him biscuits as a welcome greeting. While trying to buy a television set in his new district, he met the second-hand electronics store owners Abbas and Jamal, who gradually accepted him into their community ( Ummah , Arabic community, also: community of Muslims) through their willingness to help . Daniel has some problems in being accepted by everyone in the community. B. brings a bottle of champagne as a gift to an Arab wedding and, among other things, Jamal is at times a thorn in the side due to his neo-Nazi tattoo on the neck (black sun). However, he can gain respect in the community through a spray campaign on a billboard, where an underwear advertisement against a kindergarten with a burqa is defused. A love affair with Dina suggests itself.

Daniel's boss at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Mr. Hartmann, comes up to him at some point and asks him to look for evidence against his new friends so that they can be convicted as potential terrorists. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution had previously fallen out of favor due to a corruption scandal and therefore needs a sense of achievement, which is to be brought about by the arrest of Abbas and Co. Otherwise Daniel should be exchanged. He refuses to do this and after he is threatened with arrest and his friends have been arrested, he goes public with his information about the internal matters of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. He is arrested during the television interview. Abbas then waits in vain for his friend to return.

The film ends with a scene in which Daniel, Abbas and Jamal can be seen playing boules in the park, while an off-screen message announces Daniel's death in a car accident.

Others

• Kida Ramadan was nominated for both the German Film Award 2014 and the German Actor Award 2014 in the category “Best Acting Performance / Male Supporting Role / Best Actor Supporting Role”.
• The film premiered at the Max Ophüls Prize (January 21 to 27, 2013) on January 23, 2013 in Saarbrücken. He was nominated in the category "Full-length feature film".
• After the first screening, the end of the film was slightly changed and the film shortened.
• The film received the rating of particularly valuable from the German film and media rating.
• Ummah was Cüneyt Kaya's debut film.
• The DVD for the film was released on April 11, 2014.

criticism

“The drama 'Ummah - Among Friends' takes place in Neukölln and with prejudice against Muslims. That works splendidly in scenes. Sometimes the film does not expect us enough. "

- Parvin Sadigh : The time

“With his feature film debut 'Ummah - among friends', the German-Turkish Cüneyt Kaya deliberately creates a counter-image to common prejudices. The film, which is set in Berlin's problematic Neukölln neighborhood, can be understood as an invitation to the Muslim community. "

- Anke Sterneborg : Süddeutsche Zeitung

“A drama with a didactic undertone that alternates between a sympathetic portrayal of the milieu and the cocky 'robber pistol'. The film is extraordinary not only in terms of the production, but also in terms of performance. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Ummah - Among friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)

credentials

1. ^ Certificate of Release for Ummah - Among Friends . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2013 (PDF; test number: 140 461 K).
2. ^ Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis - The films in the competition: Full-length feature film. Retrieved August 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ UMMAH - Among friends, FBW press release. Retrieved January 24, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Male friendship with a migration background. Zeit, September 11, 2013, accessed January 24, 2016 . 
5. ↑ My neighbors, the Muslims. Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 18, 2013, accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Ummah - Among friends. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 20, 2020 .