Asphaltnacht

This low-budget drama details the unlikely friendship between a smart-aleck seventeen-year-old punk and a thirty-year-old rock 'n roll musician in search of songwriting inspiration. Angel (Gerd Heinemann) heads out to the streets of Berlin in his drag-racer to revitalize his flagging creativity. He is desperately trying for a new song that refuses to surface. He meets scrappy Johnny (Thomas Davis) on the streets and saves him from everyone he tends to alienate: cops, motorcycle gangs, and passers-by. Johnny has his guitar with him and is the first to break Angel's deadlock. A tune he plucks out is just the beginning that Angel was looking for. The rest of the song lies out there somewhere and the two head into Berlin's night spots to find it.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 210609
Status Released
Released Germany October 16, 1980 (TV premiere) Canada September 12, 1981 (Toronto Film Festival) United States of America October 1, 1981 (Chicago International Film Festival) Finland April 30, 1982
Runtime 90 minutes
Genres Drama
Original Country Germany
Original Language German
Production Company Tura-Film
Distributor Atlas Film
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Box Office Worldwide $0 US $0
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Gerd Udo Heinemann
as Angel
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Thomas Davis
as Johnny
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Monika Rack
as Tina
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Gabriele Helene Ruthmann
as Nelly
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Ralf Hermann
as Frank
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Charly Wierczejewski
as L.A. Peters
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Michael Zens
as Kamikaze
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Herbert Rimbach
as Rock-Kritiker
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Petra Jokisch
as Debbie
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Christina Plate
as Kleine
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Richard de Bastion
as Organist
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Frank Krüger
as Dealer
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Edwin Wengoborski
as Bettler
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Ron Schmuck
as Gitarrist
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Annelie Herkell
as Angels Schwester
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Wolf Loenicker
as Mann vor Pornokino
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Carmen Richter
as Frau vor Pornokino
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Name
Peter Fratzscher

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Peter Fratzscher

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Renée Gundelach
Sibylle Hubatschek-Rahn
Michael Wiedemann

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Bernd Heinl

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Asphaltnacht

Gerd Udo Heinemann as Angel * needs role-specific image

Thomas Davis as Johnny * needs role-specific image

Monika Rack as Tina * needs role-specific image

Gabriele Helene Ruthmann as Nelly * needs role-specific image

Ralf Hermann as Frank * needs role-specific image

Charly Wierczejewski as L.A. Peters * needs role-specific image

Michael Zens as Kamikaze * needs role-specific image

Herbert Rimbach as Rock-Kritiker * needs role-specific image

Petra Jokisch as Debbie * needs role-specific image

Christina Plate as Kleine * needs role-specific image

Richard de Bastion as Organist * needs role-specific image

Frank Krüger as Dealer * needs role-specific image

Edwin Wengoborski as Bettler * needs role-specific image

Ron Schmuck as Gitarrist * needs role-specific image

Annelie Herkell as Angels Schwester * needs role-specific image

Wolf Loenicker as Mann vor Pornokino * needs role-specific image

Carmen Richter as Frau vor Pornokino * needs role-specific image