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Born in Absurdistan

5.1 110 mins Comedy   1999
Epo-Film  
Director(s): Houchang Allahyari

It all begins with a mistake, an error with serious consequences: in a hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immigrant workers are mixed up and go home with the wrong parents. By the time the mistake comes to light, it emerges that the Turkish family, including the baby, has been deported. The despairing Austrian couple begins a confusing odyssey through Turkey in order to track down the unsuspecting family to their native village. But they are not at all convinced that the babies have been mixed up. It is decided that the only way to know for sure is to have a blood test done. It is decided that the blood work is done in Vienna due to the better medical resources, but that will be far from simple. It will involve an illegal smuggling of the Turks across the Austrian border.

Casts of Born in Absurdistan

Julia Stemberger

as Marion Strohmayer

Karl Markovics

as Stefan Strohmayer

Meltem Cumbul

as Emine Dönmez

Ahmet UÄŸurlu

as Emre Dönmez

Josef Hader

as LKW-Fahrer

Wolfgang Böck

as Herr Fuhrmann

Robert Hunger-Bühler

as Innenminister

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