''Ein Job'' is a 2008 German television film based on

Irene Dische Irene Dische (born February 13, 1952) is an American-Austrian author, journalist, screenwriter, and librettist whose work explores the German-Jewish experience, alienation, and exile. Biography Early life and education Daughter of Jewish refuge ...

's novel ''The Job''. It was directed by

Christian Görlitz Christian Görlitz (1944 – 10 January 2022) was a German film director. Filmography * 1984: Das Ende vom Anfang (TV film) * 1984: Auf einem langen Weg (TV series) * 1985: Laufen, leiden, länger leben (TV-Miniseries) * 1985: Der Fahnder (TV ...

and stars British actress

Vanessa Redgrave Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Throughout her career spanning over seven decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, two ...

. The German-language production was filmed in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

Plot

Victorija (Malektorovych), is a

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assassin in

on assignment for the

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to commit a triple murder. But things are complicated by her neighbour, Hannah (Redgrave) an ageing radical anarchist and Azad (Mehmet), a

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living in Germany illegally.NDR: Drehstart für "Ein Job" mit Vanessa Redgrave
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Cast

as Hannah Silbergrau *

Victoria Malektorovych Viktoriya Volodymyrivna Malektorovych (born 11 February 1972), known professionally as Victoria Malektorovych, is a Ukrainian actress. Biography At the age of 17, Malektorovych studied at the Ukrainian Drama School in Kyiv and then acted at the ...

as Victorija *

Maxim Mehmet Maxim Mehmet (born 2 July 1975) is a German film actor. He inherited his Turkish surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna.Martin Brambach Martin Brambach (born 28 October 1967, in Dresden) is a German actor. He grew up in Dresden, East Berlin and Hamburg. After attending Westfälische Schauspielschule drama school in Bochum, Brambach was engaged at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspie ...

as Bollinger * Volker Michalowski as Addie * Judith Steinhäuser as Raisa Gnedenko *

Anna Fischer Marion Anna Fischer (born 18 July 1986) is a German actress and singer. Since 2003, she appeared in over 30 film and television roles in appearance. She is most recognised to international audiences as the perky vampire ''Nora'' in Dennis Gansel' ...

as Junges Taximädchen Additional cast; * Angelika Gersdorf as Kundin * Kailas Mahadevan as Fahrgast Schlachthof * Fritz Roth as Boris Gnedenko

References

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* 2008 films 2008 television films 2000s German-language films German-language television shows German comedy television films Films based on American novels Films based on German novels Films shot in Hamburg Television shows based on American novels Television shows set in Hamburg Das Erste original programming German drama television films {{Germany-tv-film-stub