Martin reads the Quran
An agreeable family man with Iranian roots and a professor of Islamic studies. One asks the other to engage in a conversation about faith and disbelief, good and evil, and the question of whether the commandments of the Koran are compatible with violence.
What begins as a seemingly harmless discussion evolves into a mental showdown when the professor realizes that his visitor is planning an attack—and already preparing the bomb.
Cast
- Professor Dr. Neuweiser
- Ulrich Tukur
- Martin Harirat
- Zejhun Demirov
- Aliyah Harirat
- Sarah Sandeh
- Jannetta Harirat
- Alissia Krupsky
- Fahid Amrosi
- Prince Chughtai
- Auskunft Frau Bardorf
- Anna Bardorf
- Küchenhilfe Balu
- Lorena Belen Davies
- Dozentin Dr. Ernicke
- Yvonne Ernicke
- Kassiererin Elisabeth
- Elisabeth Helene Simon
- Handyshop Mitarbeiter Tanju
- Tanju Bilir
- Handyshop Kunde Dirk
- Dirk Talaga
- Reinigungskraft Charles
- Charles Toulouse
- Reinigungskraft Ben
- Ben Akkaya
Martin reads the Quran
Jurijs Saule
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2024
- Language
- dt., fa. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 106min
Other, Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Martin liest den Koran
Nominated for:
Förderpreis neues deutsches Kino
Friedrich-Baur-Goldpreis
Hofer Kritiker Preis
Director & Crew
Jurijs Saule
Born in 1985 in Riga/Latvia. Studied Literature and Mathematics in Berlin. Founded the production company Blobel Film to produce his first feature film. Active as a producer, director, and editor.
Filmography
| 2008 | Chaconne | Kurzfilm | |
| 2019 | Souls for Sale | kurzer Tanzfilm | |
| 2023 | Martin liest den Koran | Spielfilm | 2024 |
“What would it mean for our society if you couldn’t prove that the Koran, and thus God Himself, forbids the use of violence? Do we have to restrict others’ beliefs if they threaten our way of life? Are we not presuming to know better than the Almighty? Is Martin a madman, a bloodthirsty reformer, or the distorted mirror of modern man abandoned by God?
Nothing is certain, nothing is as it seems in this intimate drama that asks urgent questions about hate and reconciliation, the causes of radicalization, mutual respect, and a world with and without God.”
Jurijs Saule
- Writer
- Jurijs Saule
- Michail Lurje
- Director of Photography
- Arsenij Gusev
- Editor
- Jurijs Saule
- Production Designer
- Stefan Rohde
- Costume Designer
- Riccarda Merten-Eicher
- Casting Director
- Jurijs Saule
- Sound
- Achim Burkart
- Sound Designer
- Adrian Lo
- Thorsten Hoppe
- Music Composer
- Raphael Schalz
- Make-up
- Mandy Steiger
- Executive Producer
- Julia Rovnik
- Producer
- Jurijs Saule
- Michail Lurje
- Julia Rovnik
