Import Export

Import Export

Director: Ulrich Seidl Cast: Ekateryna Rak
Ekateryna Rak
, Paul Hofmann
Paul Hofmann
, Georg Friedrich
Georg Friedrich
, Natalya Baranova
Natalya Baranova
Ulrich Seidl
Import Export

Import Export

Director: Ulrich Seidl Cast: Ekateryna Rak
Ekateryna Rak
, Paul Hofmann
Paul Hofmann
, Georg Friedrich
Georg Friedrich
, Natalya Baranova
Natalya Baranova
Ulrich Seidl

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Overview

Director Ulrich Seidl's despairing, relentlessly downbeat social drama Import/Export unfolds against the backdrop of contemporary Europe. Olga (Ekateryna Rak) is a single mother struggling to raise her child with a very meager income from her nursing job in a Ukrainian hospital. In desperation, she takes a job as a nude webcam model for an adult entertainment outfit that caters to German men, then quickly decides that life in her town is unbearable, and ultimately leaves her child with her mother, heading west to search for a better life. Meanwhile, in Austria, ne'er-do-well loser Pauli (Paul Hofmann) lives with his mother and his greasy-haired stepfather, Michael (Michael Thomas), to whom he's increasingly indebted. Pauli is training to be a security guard, but gets stripped, then relentlessly beaten and assaulted by a gang of youths. Eventually, Pauli and Michael hit the road together, delivering poker and gumball machines to locations across Eastern Europe, and Michael reveals a truly degenerate side, using his time on the road for a string of sexual encounters with different women. At the same time, Olga makes her way to Austria, enduring a series of occupations including those of au pair, maid, and eventually, charwoman in a geriatric hospital plagued by mistreatment of the elderly.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/26/2010
UPC: 0842498000144
Original Release: 2007
Rating: NR
Source: Palisades Tartan
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:15:00
Sales rank: 51,496

Special Features

Interview with Director Ulrich Seidl; ; Interview with Cinematographer Ed Lachman

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Ekateryna Rak Olga
Paul Hofmann Paul
Georg Friedrich Schwester Andi
Natalya Baranova Christina
Natalia Epureanu Nataschka
Erich Finsches Erich Schlager
Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka Olgas Mutter
Dmytro Andriyov Gachkov Olgas Bruder
Oksana Ivaniva Skylarenko Olgas Baby
Christina York Christina
Brigitte Kren Pauls Mutter
Maria Hofstätter Schwester Maria
Dirk Stermann Bewerbungstrainer
Michael Thomas Michael
Petra Morzé Mother in family home
Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov Olga's brother
Paul Hoffman Actor
Marcus Davy Composer

Technical Credits
Ulrich Seidl Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Veronika Franz Screenwriter,Casting
Klaus Pridnig Producer
Maxim Asadchyy Producer
Max Linder Executive Producer
Lucki Stipetic Producer
Ekkehart Baumung Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Eva Roth Casting
Renate Martin Sound/Sound Designer
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