Salmonberries

This article is about the film. For information about the berry, see salmonberry.

Salmonberries
DVD cover
Directed by	Percy Adlon
Written by	Percy Adlon Felix Adlon
Starring	k.d. lang Rosel Zech Oscar Kawagley
Release dates	1991 (1991)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English German with subtitles

Salmonberries is a 1991 drama film directed by Percy Adlon and written by Adlon and his son Felix. It stars k.d. lang as Kotzebue, a young woman of androgynous appearance who works as a (male) miner in Alaska, and Rosel Zech as Roswitha, an East German immigrant and librarian. The movie takes place in Kotzebue, Alaska and Berlin, Germany, shortly after reunification; the dialog is mostly English but includes some German with English subtitles.

Cast

Oscar Kawagley as Butch
Rosel Zech as Roswitha
k.d. lang as Kotzebue
Eugene Omiak as Gvy
Wayne Waterman as Ronnie
Jane Lind as Noayak
Chuck Connors as Bingo Chuck
Alvira H. Downey as Izzy
Wolfgang Steinberg as Albert
Christel Merian as Albert's wife
George Barril as Bingo attendant
Gary Albers as Tight rope walker

Awards

Salmonberries has won several awards:

Grand Prix des Amériques (Best Film), Montreal World Film Festival
Best Actress, Rosel Zech, Bavarian Film Awards
Best Production, Eleonore Adlon, Bavarian Film Awards

External links

Salmonberries at the Internet Movie Database
Salmonberries at AllMovie
Salmonberries at Rotten Tomatoes.com

Films directed by Percy Adlon

Céleste (1982) Bagdad Café (1987) Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989) Salmonberries (1991) Younger and Younger (1993)

Grand Prix des Amériques

1978–2000	Ligabue (1978) 1+1=3 (1979) The Stunt Man / Fontamara (1980) The Chosen (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) The Go Masters (1983) El Norte (1984) Padre nuestro (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Kenny (1987) The Reader (1988) Freedom Is Paradise (1989) Fallen from Heaven (1990) Salmonberries (1991) The Dark Side of the Heart (1992) Betrayal (1993) Once Were Warriors (1994) Georgia (1995) Different for Girls (1996) Children of Heaven (1997) The Quarry / Full Moon (1998) The Color of Paradise (1999) The Taste of Others / Innocence (2000)

2001–present	Baran / Abandoned (2001) The Best Day of My Life (2002) The Cordon (2003) The Syrian Bride (2004) Off Screen (2005) A Long Walk / The Greatest Love of All (2006) Ben X / A Secret (2007) Departures (2008) Korkoro (2009) Oxygen (2010) Come as You Are (2011) Where the Fire Burns (2012) Life Feels Good (2013)

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