''Northern Skirts'' () is a 1999 German-language film directed by

Barbara Albert Barbara Albert (born 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer, film-producer and film-director. She studied filmmaking at the Wiener Filmakademie. Her first film to become known to a larger audience was ''Nordrand'', which describes the reality ...

. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It was Austria's official 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 * Edita Malovcic as Tamara *

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as Senad *

Tudor Chirilă Tudor Chirilă (born 28 May 1974 in Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania) is a Romanian actor, musician, composer, and producer. He was the lead singer of the band Vama Veche (band), Vama Veche, after which he founded the band Vam ...

as Valentin * Michael Tanczos as Roman * Georg Friedrich as Wolfgang *

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as Sonja *

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as Jolanta *

Brigitte Kren Brigitte Kren is an Austrian actress who has had leading roles in films and television shows. She participated in '' Dancing Stars (Austria season 7)''. Films * Ant Street (1995) as Rosi Freitag * Northern Skirts (1999) as Gitti * Slugs (2004 f ...

as Gitti

Reception

David Rooney of '' 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".

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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 {{1990s-Germany-film-stub

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