Rhinegold (2022 film)

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Rhinegold
GermanRheingold
Directed by Fatih Akin
Written byFatih Akin
Based onXatar - Alles oder Nix: Bei uns sagt man, die Welt gehört dir
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRainer Klausmann
Edited by Andrew Bird
Music by Giwar Hajabi
Production
companies
  • Bombero International
  • Corazón International
  • Palosanto Films
  • Rai Cinema
  • Lemming Film
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)(Filmfest Hamburg)
  • 27 October 2022 (2022-10-27)(Germany)
Running time
139 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Morocco
  • Mexico
Languages
  • German
  • Kurdish
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Dutch
  • English
Budget$10.5 million [1]
Box office$9.6 million [2]

Rhinegold (German : Rheingold) is a 2022 German biographical gangster drama film written and directed by Fatih Akin and starring Emilio Sakraya. [3] [4] The film follows the life of Iranian-Kurdish hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi also known as Xatar. It premiered at the Filmfest Hamburg in October 2022 and had its Korean premiere at BIFAN on 3 July 2023.

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  4. Hunter, Allan (October 2, 2022). "'Rheingold': Hamburg Review". Screendaily . Retrieved July 3, 2023.