The Edge of Heaven

2007 · directed by Fatih Akin

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

The Edge of Heaven (2007), directed by Fatih Akin, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Nurgül Yeşilçay
• Baki Davrak
• Patrycia Ziółkowska
• Tuncel Kurtiz
• Nursel Köse
• Hanna Schygulla
• Erkan Can
• Nejat İşler
• Güven Kıraç
• Lars Rudolph

Crew

• Gökhan Atılmış — Director of Photography
• Rainer Klausmann — Director of Photography
• Andrew Bird — Editor
• Fatih Akin — Screenplay

More from Fatih Akin

1. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) — 78/100
2. Amrum (2025) — 78/100
3. Head-On (2004) — 77/100
4. In July (2000) — 76/100
5. Soul Kitchen (2009) — 72/100
6. Solino (2002) — 71/100

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