The Edge of Heaven

About The Edge of Heaven

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: 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.

The Edge of Heaven (2007) is a drama film directed by Fatih Akin. Its themes are tragic, dying and death, lesbian, and prostitution.

Nurgül Yeşilçay takes the lead as Ayten Öztürk, Baki Davrak as Nejat Aksu, Patrycia Ziółkowska as Charlotte "Lotte" Staub, and Tuncel Kurtiz as Ali Aksu. At 122 minutes long, it arrived in September 2007.

The screenplay is by Fatih Akin. Produced by Dorje Film. It streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel in the United States.

Revanche, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and The Reader make useful companions to The Edge of Heaven, all filed under brothel, loss of loved one, and prostitute. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 372 votes.