Sisters Apart

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Sisters Apart

2021

1h 34m

6.0(11 votes)

Drama

War

Overview

Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who has bad news about her sister Dilan.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Almila Bağrıaçık

Rojda Xani

Zübeyde Bulut

Berivan

Maryam Boubani

Ferhat Xani

Christoph Letkowski

Alex Breidmeier

Gonca de Haas

Dilan

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

Fuhrmann

Yiannis Niarros

Officer Dimitri

Lucas Prisor

Tom

Kostas Bazas

Officer Costas

Ceylan Bulus

Rozerin Mafakhery

Creative team

Directed by: Daphne Charizani
Written by: Daphne Charizani
Produced by: Thanassis Karathanos
Martin Hampel

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