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| Directed by | Tevfik Başer |
| Written by | Tevfik Başer |
| Produced by | Tevfik Başer |
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| Cinematography | İzzet Akay |
| Edited by | Renate Merck |
| Music by | Claus Bantzer |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
40 qm Deutschland (English:40 Square Meters of Germany) is a 1986 West German film directed byTevfik Başer, who helped both with the script and the production. The film won several awards, making it one of the most significant German movies of 1986.[1]
Turna moves from her village, where she has lived all her life without ever leaving, to Hamburg, Germany, with her new husbandDursun. This 40-square-meter, small, sunless apartment becomes her only reality of Germany. Dursun, who is strictly bound to his conservative values, forbids Turna from going outside and integrating into the new society, and he cannot even tolerate her communicating with a little girl through the window. However, one day Dursun dies, and Turna, who does not know the language and has no acquaintances in this foreign country, finds herself completely alone, awaiting the baby she is carrying and coping with the loss of her husband.
40 qm Deutschland was first released on 31 July 1986.The shooting of the movie took 21 days, followed by seven weeks of editing. With only 450,000 DM (c. US$280,000) spent on its output, it was alow-budget production. The only setting is a 40 m2 apartment in an old building inHamburg.Başer, who was chasing a vision he had been fostering for some time, handled theproduction, thescript, thedirection, thecrew and thelocation almost all by himself. The church musicianClaus Banzer ended up being in charge of the music,Izzet Akay was trusted with the camera and the lead actressÖzay Fecht was already known as a jazz singer.Six months prior to the premiere, Baser explained his reasons for the project to theFrankfurter Rundschau:[1]
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