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- Plural of salmonberry
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- This article is about the film. For information about the berry, see salmonberry.
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 Nonyak
- 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 Rotten Tomatoes.com