The Edge of Heaven (film)

The Edge of Heaven
German promotional poster
Directed byFatih Akın
Written byFatih Akın
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRainer Klausmann
Edited byAndrew Bird
Music byShantel
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 23 May 2007 (2007-05-23) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 27 September 2007 (2007-09-27) (Germany)
  • 26 October 2007 (2007-10-26) (Turkey)
Running time
123 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Turkey
Languages
  • German
  • Turkish
  • English
Box office$17,804,565[1]

The Edge of Heaven (German: Auf der anderen Seite, literally On the Other Side, Turkish: Yaşamın Kıyısında) is a 2007 Turkish-German drama written and directed by Fatih Akın. The film won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival,[2] was Germany's entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Oscars,[3] but was not nominated.

After making its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the film was shown at several international film festivals. It was released in Germany on 27 September 2007.

  1. ^ The Edge of Heaven at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Edge of Heaven". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  3. ^ ""Auf der anderen Seite" im Oscar-Rennen: NDR gratuliert Fatih Akin" (Press release) (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 19 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2010.