Wet Dog

Wet Dog
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDamir Lukačević
Written byDamir Lukačević
Based onEin nasser Hund ist besser als ein trockener Jude
by Arye Sharuz Shalicar
Produced by
  • Alexander van Dülmen
  • Stephan Wagner
Starring
CinematographySten Mende
Edited byChristoph Strothjohann
Music byBoris Bojadzhiev
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 9 September 2021 (2021-09-09)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Wet Dog (German: Ein nasser Hund) is a 2021 German drama film written and directed by Damir Lukačević, based on the autobiography Ein nasser Hund ist besser als ein trockener Jude by Arye Sharuz Shalicar.[2][3] It tells the story of an Iranian-born Jewish teenager whose family moves to the Berlin district of Wedding.

Plot

Cast

  • Doğuhan Kabadayı as Soheil
  • Mohammad Eliraqui as Husseyn
  • Derya Dilber as Selma
  • Kida Khodr Ramadan as Vater Shahriar
  • Dorka Gryllus as Mutter Roya
  • Christoph Letkowski as Lehrer
  • Omar Antabli as Fadi
  • Maradona Akkouch as Ricky
  • Emircan Emes Yildirim as Emre
  • Samy Abdel Fattah as Baris
  • Hassan Kello as Khalil
  • Hussein Eliraqui as Mehmet, der Kreuzberger
  • Tua El-Fawwal as Djamila

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ein nasser Hund". filmportal.de. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ^ Grenier, Elizabeth (3 November 2019). "Warum ein Jude seine Identität verheimlichte". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ^ Sonnenschein, Ulrich (27 November 2020). "Kritik zu Ein nasser Hund". epd Film (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2024.