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Josephine German/ British/Croatian co-production 2001 - 97 Min - 35mm Based on the the short novel by Alex Koenigsmark Directed by: Rajko Grlic Story by: Rajko Grlic and Alex Koenigsmark Script by: Koraljka Mestrovic Production Design by: Matthias Musse Director of Photography: Slobodan Trninic Edited by: Andrija Zafranovic, Marco Pav D'Auria Music by: Jan Jirasek Produced by: Thomas Haeberle, Christian Becker, Dan Maag, Mike Downey Contact by e-mail: Dan Maag <dan.maag@indigo-film.de> Mike Downey <MickDowney@compuserve.com> Starring: Miroslav Vladyka, Maria Schrader, Giancarlo Esposito

"Josephine" is a story of a man named Jan, a simple cheese-maker from a small sleepy Bohemian town. The year is 1991 and passports are finally available to everyone. Jan tries to fulfill his father's dream to go west in order to find a black woman who looks like Josephine Baker and spend a night with her. He arrives in Hamburg and after fulfilling his father's dream, Jan is ripped off by a Spike, an American ex-actor and pimp. His passport is confiscated until he can pay his "debts" as a slave/cleaner in Spike's bordello named "Hollywood". Here Jan meets Al, an East German ex-zoologist and a dancer. Their friendship grows and they fall in love. "Josephine," a melodramatic post-cold war love story, is about to start. "Josephine" is a story of a man named Jan, a simple cheese-maker from a small sleepy Bohemian town. The year is 1991 and passports are finally available to everyone. Jan tries to fulfill his father's dream to go west in order to find a black woman who looks like Josephine Baker and spend a night with her. He arrives in Hamburg and after fulfilling his father's dream, Jan is ripped off by a Spike, an American ex-actor and pimp. His passport is confiscated until he can pay his "debts" as a slave/cleaner in Spike's bordello named "Hollywood". Here Jan meets Al, an East German ex-zoologist and a dancer. Their friendship grows and they fall in love. "Josephine," a melodramatic post-cold war love story, is about to start.