Salmonberries is a 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon is a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film Bagdad Café aka Out of Rosenheim.-Biography:...

 and written by Adlon and his son Felix. It stars k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

 as Kotzebue, a young woman of androgynous appearance who works as a (male) miner in Alaska, and Rosel Zech

Rosel Zech

Rosalie Helga Lina Zech , known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, especially with the "Autorenkino" movement, which began in the 1970s.-Theater:...

 as Roswitha, an East German immigrant and librarian. The movie takes place in Kotzebue, Alaska

Kotzebue, Alaska

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile...

 and Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, shortly after reunification; the dialog is mostly English but includes some German with English subtitles.

Cast

• Oscar Kawagley
  Oscar Kawagley
  Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley , best known as Oscar Kawagley, was a Yupik Native American anthropologist, teacher and actor from Alaska, United States of America. He was an associate professor of education at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks until his 2011 death at the age of 76...
  
   as Butch
• Rosel Zech as Roswitha
• k.d. lang
  K.D. Lang
  Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
  
   as Kotzebue
• Eugene Omiak as Gvy
• Wayne Waterman as Ronnie
• Jane Lind as Noayak
• Chuck Connors
  Chuck Connors
  Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman....
  
   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
  Montreal World Film Festival
  The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
  
  
• Best Actress, Rosel Zech
  Rosel Zech
  Rosalie Helga Lina Zech , known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, especially with the "Autorenkino" movement, which began in the 1970s.-Theater:...
  
  , Bavarian Film Awards
• Best Production, Eleonore Adlon, Bavarian Film Awards

External links

• Salmonberries at Rotten Tomatoes.com