Northern Skirts

''Northern Skirts'' () is a 1999 German language, German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party.

Cast

*Nina Proll as Jasmin Schmid
*Madita, Edita Malovcic as Tamara
*Astrit Alihajdaraj as Senad
*Tudor Chirilă as Valentin
*Michael Tanczos as Roman
*Georg Friedrich (actor), Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang
*Martina Stojan as Sonja
*Marta Klubowicz as Jolanta
*Brigitte Kren as Gitti

Reception

David Rooney of ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' wrote "''Northern Skirts'' remains too fragmented in its presentation of characters and plot to bring its themes of family and emotional connection fully into focus".

See also

*List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
*List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

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German drama films
Austrian drama films
Swiss drama films
Romanian-language films
Serbo-Croatian-language films
1990s German-language films
1990s German films

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