Palermo oder Wolfsburg streaming

Work is scarce in Sicily, so 18-year-old Nicola follows many of his compatriots to cold Germany. He finds a job at VW in Wolfsburg and falls in love with Brigitte, a car mechanic. But she only uses him to make her German friends jealous. In a fight, Nicola kills the two men and is arrested. PALERMO OR WOLFSBURG deliberately shows the Federal Republic in its reconstruction phase, in which life is only administered and bureaucratized, “a country where there is no light, no love, only work.” PALERMO OR WOLFSBURG, directed by Werner Schroeter in 1980, is considered a key work of German auteur cinema. With an epic length of almost three hours, the film combines elements of melodrama with political analysis and paints a picture of migration, identity, and the search for belonging. With amateur actors such as Nicola Zarbo in the lead role, flanked by well-known actors such as Otto Sander, Schroeter creates an unusual mixture of documentary directness and theatrical staging. PALERMO OR WOLFSBURG celebrated its world premiere in 1980 in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. There, the work was awarded the Golden Bear, the festival's highest honor. In addition, the film received the International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize). With these successes, Schroeter's film became a milestone in the history of the Berlinale and an important contribution to the portrayal of the migrant experience in German cinema.