A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 28, 1999
Original Title:
Downhill City
Alternate Titles:
Almas perdidas en la ciudad
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Luna-Film
Nelonen
Talent House
ZDF
Production Countries:
Finland | Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 103
A handful of disparate people in Berlin are drawn to the same residential hotel in the drama Downhill City. Finnish musician Artsi heads to Berlin in hopes of hitting the big time; needing a place to stay, he takes a room at the Downhill City Hotel and ties to find a market for his music. Meanwhile, another Downhill Hotel resident, aspiring author Fabien, meets a former convict named Sascha who has nowhere to stay and offers to take him in. Peggy, who works at a fast-food restaurant, is unhappy with her boyfriend Hans and finally kicks him out. Peggy meets Artsi when he stops by the burger stand one day, while Hans (who ends up crashing with Sascha and Fabien) starts a new relationship of his own with Doris.
Art Direction:
Julia Dehoff
Assistant Editor:
Julia Merle Hoffmeister
Co-Producer:
Johannes Lassila
Costume Design:
Peter Pohl
Director:
Hannu Salonen
Director of Photography:
Stephan Wagner
Editor:
Julia Oehring
Hairstylist:
Elzbieta Bumbul
Sybille Eichborn
Makeup Artist:
Elzbieta Bumbul
Sybille Eichborn
Producer:
Gudrun Ruzicková-Steiner
Production Manager:
Klaus Dzuck
Sound:
Quintus Kannegiesser
Alexandre Leser
Andreas Schaffer
Klaus-Peter Schmitt
Sound Editor:
Klaus-Peter Schmitt
Sound Effects Editor:
Peter Roigk
Writer:
Hannu Salonen
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