Downhill City
Synopsis
Downhill City
Downhill City - The story of six people who are in the process of radically altering their lives. The Finnish musician Artsi leaves his home to achieve the breakthrough in Berlin. Peggy breaks with Hans who can only think of his career as a kickboxer.
Sascha, who has just been released from prison, doesn′t know where he is going to sleep. Fabian, the writer, keeps his head above water as a pizza delivery man, and Doris, who wants to break out of her narrow existence as a wife and wanders aimlessly through the city. Their paths cross and become absorbed again in the big city - Berlin.
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Credits
| Director: | Hannu Salonen |
| Screenplay: | Hannu Salonen |
| Director of photography: | Stephan Wagner |
| Editing: | Julia Oehring |
| Music: | 22 Pistepirkko |
| Cast: | |
| Franka Potente | Peggy |
| Teemu Aromaa | Artsi |
| Andreas Brucker | Hans |
| Michaela Rosen | Doris |
| Sebastian Rudolph | Sascha |
| Axel Werner | Fabian |
| Janne Hyytiäinen | Sälä |
| Jarkko Tiainen | Hartikainen |
| Pertti Sveholm | Hemppa |
| Irma Junnilainen | Ritva |
| Production company: | Luna-Film GmbH (Berlin) |
| Producer: | Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner |
All Credits
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE FI) Downhill City |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 101 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,85 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Dolby SR |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1999, München, Filmfest; Kinostart (DE): 13.04.2000; TV-Erstsendung: 29.01.2007, ZDF |



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