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Born in Absurdistan(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-11-12
45%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Born in Absurdistan - Crazy Immigration Movie
Overview:
It all begins with a mistake, an error with serious consequences: in a hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immigrant workers are mixed up and go home with the wrong parents. By the time the mistake comes to light, it emerges that the Turkish family, including the baby, has been deported. The despairing Austrian couple begins a confusing odyssey through Turkey in order to track down the unsuspecting family to their native village. But they are not at all convinced that the babies have been mixed up. It is decided that the only way to know for sure is to have a blood test done. It is decided that the blood work is done in Vienna due to the better medical resources, but that will be far from simple. It will involve an illegal smuggling of the Turks across the Austrian border.
Languages: German, Turkish.
Countries:
Austria,
Turkey
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Born in Absurdistan
Top 8 Billed Cast
Julia Stemberger
Marion Strohmayer
Karl Markovics
Stefan Strohmayer
Meltem Cumbul
Emine Dönmez
Ahmet Uğurlu
Emre Dönmez
Josef Hader
LKW-Fahrer
Wolfgang Böck
Herr Fuhrmann
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Innenminister
Hermann Scheidleder
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Overview
It all begins with a mistake, an error with serious consequences: in a hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immigrant workers are mixed up and go home with the wrong parents. By the time the mistake comes to light, it emerges that the Turkish family, including the baby, has been deported. The despairing Austrian couple begins a confusing odyssey through Turkey in order to track down the unsuspecting family to their native village. But they are not at all convinced that the babies have been mixed up. It is decided that the only way to know for sure is to have a blood test done. It is decided that the blood work is done in Vienna due to the better medical resources, but that will be far from simple. It will involve an illegal smuggling of the Turks across the Austrian border.
Release Date
1999-11-12
Average
4.5
Rating:
2.3 startsTagline
Born in Absurdistan - Crazy Immigration Movie
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Languages:
DeutschTürkçe
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