


Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: imdb.youth, imdb.existential-loneliness, imdb.young-man, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.male-body, imdb.sicilian, imdb.germany + 155 more, imdb.volkswagen, imdb.donkey, imdb.opposite-dimension, imdb.oppression, imdb.identity, imdb.social-problem, imdb.migrant, imdb.german-speaking, imdb.incommunicability, imdb.female-body, imdb.cultural, imdb.awkward-situation, imdb.trial, imdb.psychological-torment, imdb.stranger, imdb.melodrama, imdb.victim, imdb.death-of-young-man, imdb.german-girl, imdb.new-realism, imdb.reference-to-german-expressionism, imdb.social-injustice, imdb.baroque, imdb.grotesque, imdb.capitalist-conspiracy, imdb.non-professional-actor, imdb.social-comedy, imdb.gay-interest, imdb.sacrifice, imdb.reference-to-jesus-christ, imdb.anti-hero, imdb.european-migrants, imdb.sicilian-dialect, imdb.opposite-choices, imdb.sicilian-actors, imdb.popular-song, imdb.factory, imdb.nonlinear-timeline, imdb.landscape, imdb.double-murder, imdb.trial-film, imdb.frustration, imdb.poetry, imdb.opera, imdb.masculinity, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.power, imdb.stranger-relationship, imdb.lucidity, imdb.film-essay, imdb.stabbed-in-the-stomach, imdb.inspired-by-a-true-story, imdb.written-by-director, imdb.avant-garde, imdb.kitsch, imdb.native-of-the-land, imdb.traumatic-experience, imdb.radical, imdb.protestants, imdb.clandestine-relationship, imdb.search-for-the-meaning-of-life, imdb.catholic, imdb.murder, imdb.criminal, imdb.young-murderer, imdb.outsider, imdb.erotic-male-body, imdb.social-criticism, imdb.19-year-old, imdb.homicide, imdb.tragic-hero, imdb.eternal-damnation, imdb.naive-young-man, imdb.homoeroticism, imdb.social-isolation, imdb.tragedy, imdb.unlucky-young-man, imdb.disenchantment, imdb.youth-crime, imdb.loss-of-innocence, imdb.exiled-from-birth-country, imdb.traditional-folk-music, imdb.suitcase, imdb.departure, imdb.35-mm, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.train-travel, imdb.traveling-companion, imdb.male-camaraderie, imdb.unexpected-encounter, imdb.train-station, imdb.stranded-in-a-foreign-country, imdb.character-says-i-don-t-understand, imdb.hostility, imdb.italian-in-germany, imdb.trial-for-murder, imdb.italian-in-berlin, imdb.public-garden, imdb.sensual-blonde-german-woman, imdb.speaking-unknown-language, imdb.looking-for-work, imdb.humiliated, imdb.offended, imdb.accordion, imdb.reference-to-catholic-religion, imdb.working-family, imdb.hotel-worker, imdb.motor-mechanic, imdb.capitalism-versus-proletarian, imdb.man-gives-flowers-to-a-woman, imdb.young-lovers, imdb.coldness, imdb.funeral, imdb.advocate, imdb.letter-to-a-family-member, imdb.automobile-factory-worker, imdb.girlfriend-tries-to-save-boyfriend, imdb.legitimate-defense, imdb.life-destroyed, imdb.homeland, imdb.fatherland, imdb.court-of-law, imdb.morality, imdb.inhumanity, imdb.unable-to-translate, imdb.aggression, imdb.taking-advantage-of-someone, imdb.tragic-destiny, imdb.fantastic-world, imdb.three-parts, imdb.female-defendant, imdb.high-conflict-personality-disorder, imdb.cult-director, imdb.new-german-wave, imdb.surrealism-sequence, imdb.church-s-bell, imdb.alone, imdb.guilty, imdb.strangers, imdb.fake-trial, imdb.culprit, imdb.operating-theatre, imdb.reference-to-virgin-mary, imdb.religious-procession, imdb.young, imdb.job, imdb.new-german-cinema, imdb.italian-abroad, imdb.courtroom, imdb.stabbed-to-death, imdb.girlfriend, imdb.place-name-in-title, imdb.migrant-worker, aspectratio.1-66-1
Production companies: Filmproduktion Thomas Mauch, ZDF, Artco-Film
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