Guest Worker Movies

Cem Kaya’s dense documentary essay celebrates 60 years of Turkish music in Germany. An alternative post-war history that is at the same time a...

The story of two workers who returned from abroad. One of them wants to find a good job, Adam, and the other one wants to earn money by smuggling,...

Turkish immigrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared...

The rut of Dalmatian hinterland changes with the arrival of returning guest workers, and things they bring along: cars, radios and new way of life.

A Croatian guest worker who worked in Germany for many years, builds a house and a workshop for his 20 year old son back in their country of origin....

Follows the life of a Turkish woman living and working in Germany.

Tenants of one old building in the centre of Münich are featured in this film: most of them are foreigners who work in Germany as "guest...