''Ein Job'' is a 2008 German television film based on Irene Dische's novel ''The Job''. It was directed by

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and stars British actress

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. The German-language production was filmed in

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Plot

Victorija (Malektorovych), is a Ukrainian 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 Turk living in Germany illegally.NDR: Drehstart für "Ein Job" mit Vanessa Redgrave
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Cast

as Hannah Silbergrau * Victoria Malektorovych as Victorija *

Maxim Mehmet Maxim Mehmet (born 2 July 1975) is a German actor. He inherited his surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna. Selected filmography * '' NVA'' (2005) * ' (2008) * '' The Red Baron ...

as Azad Mem * Martin Brambach as Bollinger * Volker Michalowski as Addie * Judith Steinhäuser as Raisa Gnedenko * Anna Fischer as Junges Taximädchen Additional cast; * Angelika Gersdorf as Kundin * Kailas Mahadevan as Fahrgast Schlachthof * Fritz Roth as Boris Gnedenko

References

External links

* 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