Northern Skirts (Nordrand) 25 years old

Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. Strangers in a strange land, they feel a sense of loss in their new, temporary environment. The five-some meet and get close to each other, hopelessly clinging to friendships and relationships with no future. They frequent cafés and train stations dreaming of a better tomorrow. Often, they just fall back on the prospect of short-term affection in yet another doomed romantic or sexual encounter. Trying hard to suppress the memories of war and alienation, they try to find moral strength and warmth through one another.

Credits

Northern Skirts Cast

Name Character
Astrit Alihajdaraj He was 22, now 47 years old as Senad
Nina Proll She was 25, now 50 years old as Jasmin Schmid
Tudor Chirilă He was 25, now 50 years old as Valentin
Edita Malovčić She was 21, now 46 years old as Tamara
Brigitte Kren She was 45, now 70 years old as Krankenschwester
Michael Tanczos as Roman

Northern Skirts Crew

Name Department
Erich Lackner as Producer. He was 86 (78) years old when He died Production
Barbara Albert as Director. She was 32 (now 57) years old Directing
Barbara Albert as Writer. She was 32 (now 57) years old Writing
Christine A. Maier as Cinematography. She was 30 (now 55) years old Crew
Monika Willi as Editor. She was 31 (now 56) years old Editing
Northern Skirts poster
Northern Skirts (25 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 31, 1999
  • Runtime: 103 minutes