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The edge of heaven [videorecording] / Turkish title: Yaşamın kıyısında. Strand Releasing and The Match Factory present a Corazón International production in co-production with Anka Film in association with Dorje Film and NDR ; producers Andreas Thiel, Klaus Maeck ; produced, written, and directed by Fatih Akin. - [Culver City, CA] : [Cologne, Germany] : Strand Releasing; The Match Factory, c2008. - 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as motion picture in 2007. Special features: "The making of 'The edge of heaven'" featurette; original theatrical trailer; other Strand Releasing trailers.

Nurgül Yeşilçay, Baki Davrak, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla.

Six characters are drawn together by circumstances--an old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.


DVD; NTSC widescreen.


Primarily in Turkish, with some German and English dialogues; film's title and credits also in German; subtitles, disc label, and container's prints in English.

Standard No.: 712267280124

Publisher. No.: 2801-2 Strand Releasing Homevideo

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship--Drama.
Lesbians--Drama.
Turks--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films--Germany.
Foreign films--Turkey.

LC Class. No.: PN1997.2 / A94 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72