Short Sharp Shock

Short Sharp Shock

Short Sharp Shock

6.7/ 10

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1998

Release Year

100 min

Runtime

Crime

Drama

Overview

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

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Keywords

friendship

street gang

arms deal

foreigner

german-turkish living together

ex-boyfriend

ex-girlfriend

immigration

wedding

drugs

hoodlum

hamburg, germany

Cast

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Gabriel

Aleksandar Jovanović

Aleksandar Jovanović

Bobby

Adam Bousdoukos

Adam Bousdoukos

Costa

Regula Grauwiller

Regula Grauwiller

Alice

İdil Üner

İdil Üner

Ceyda

Ralph Herforth

Ralph Herforth

Muhamer

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Waffenhändler

Marc Hosemann

Marc Hosemann

Sven

Cem Akin

Cem Akin

Gabriels Bruder

Sükriye Dönmez

Seine Braut

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 28, 2026

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7/10

“Gabriel” (Mehmet Kurtulus) has an history of petty larcenies with his pals “Bobby” (Aleksandar Jovanovic) and “Costa” (Adam Bousdoukos) but on his release from prison, he decides that there has to be more to life and that he wants to go and run a boat chartering business. Of course they think he’s …

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