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2003
Tor zum Himmel
Directed by Veit Helmer
Synopsis
With the help of airport technician Dak, Alexej breaks out of the holding area for refugees. Dak puts up the Russian, who yearns to become a pilot, in an underground labyrinth of pipes and vents. The young Indian woman Nisha is an aircraft cleaner who dreams of being a flight attendant.
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Cast
Valeriy Nikolaev Masumeh Makhija Miki Manojlović Udo Kier Burt Kwouk Adriana Altaras Dagmar Berghoff Hanns Zischler Nadeshda Brennicke Joachim Paul Assböck Arved Birnbaum Dirk Borchardt Robert Gallinowski Stefan Kurt Oscar Ortega Sánchez Hinnerk Schönemann
DirectorDirector
Veit Helmer
WritersWriters
Veit Helmer Gordan Mihić
Studios
Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion ZDF ARTE
Countries
France Germany
Language
German
Alternative Title
Врата у небо
Genres
Comedy Romance Drama
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Theatrical
18 Dec 2003
Germany
Digital
17 Jul 2004
- JapanG
30 Jul 2004
- Austria6
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Austria
30 Jul 2004
- Digital6
Germany
18 Dec 2003
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Japan
17 Jul 2004
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Review by Vonia_Watches ★★★½
Gate to Heaven (German: Tor zum Himmel) (2003)
Along with "The Terminal" & "Up In The Air" as excellent romantic comedies set entirely (or almost entirely) inside airports, this hidden gem is another unique winner from German director Veit Helmer. (The male lead actor, Valeriy Nikolaev, also had a minor role in "The Terminal"- coincidence?) The airport as a microcosm is a fascinating perspective and Helmer uses this to his advantage. Unlike the aforementioned American films, Helmer chooses to never show the public side of Frankfurt International Airport. Instead, audiences are immersed in the after hours, behind the scenes life in the airport- air strips, baggage conveyor belts, concourses, hangars, runways, terminals, and pipes and tunnels included!
This is the sixth…
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Review by mitc ★★
Oh nein. Asyl, Exotismus, Flughäfen, Simulationen. Erster Reinfall in meinem kleinen Helmer-Marathon: will hier Sozialdrama, da schmissige Romanze, hier Komödie, da mahnender Gesellschaftsfilm, hier kurz überdrehtes Bollywood-Pastiche, da kurz deutsches Gutmenschen-Kino voll humanem Herz, hier kurz vom Spannungsmoment eines Action-Krachers, dann wieder da von der aus dem Nichts heraus behaupteten emotionalen Tragweite einer stupiden Seifenoper sein — es bleibt beliebig und unförmig, kommt zu keinem Nenner, will sich nicht ernstnehmen, aber will auch keine Grenzen sprengen.
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Review by KayEl ★★★★
In 2000, I was living in a refugee center and one of my mom's friends illegally worked night shifts as a cleaner, just like Aleksei, at this very same airport. If this is a "fairytale movie", as I've seen it described, it's the best kind of fairytale, the one that gets you where it hurts.
Qualifiers are always necessary, of course - I don't believe it always deals well with race at all (though it tries, which is more than can be said for most German movies) and Aleksei should have absolutely been Chechen, not Russian. The ending's a bit weird, and I honestly wish I hadn't seen the deleted scenes because I don't like the light they cast Nisha…
