New US Trailer for ‘Rhinegold’ Biopic Film About Rapper Giwar Hajabi
by Alex Billington
June 27, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Life writes its own story.” Strand Releasing has debuted their own official US trailer for the German film titled Rhinegold (originally written as Rheingold in German for their release), from the Turkish-German director Fatih Akin. This already opened in Germany back in 2022 – we posted the trailer back then as well. It didn’t have much of an impact, and I doubt anyone in the US will be watching this movie either. Fatih Akin’s Rhinegold captures the life of German hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi – best known by his stage name “X A T A R” or Xatar. Born to Kurdish parents in Iran, he was imprisoned in Iraq for being Kurdish. From the hell of that Iraqi prison, Giwar Hajabi came to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and fought through even more challenges to make a name for himself in music. Emilio Sakraya stars as Giwar, along with Mona Pirzad, Kardo Razzazi, Ilyes Raoul, Sogol Faghani, Hüseyin Top, Arman Kashani, plus Ensar “Eno” Albayrak als SSIO. Alas this still looks as uninteresting as any film could – stale filmmaking with nothing captivating about the story either. Meh.
Here’s the newest official US trailer for Fatih Akin’s Rhinegold, direct from Strand’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the original German trailer for Fatih Akin’s Rhinegold right here for more footage.
Xatar’s path from the ghetto to the top of the music charts is a dramatic adventure story. From the hell of an Iraqi prison, Giwar Hajabi came to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and landed at the very bottom. There were opportunities, but many more stumbling blocks. In no time, he went from a petty criminal to a big-time dealer until a shipment goes missing. To settle his debts with the cartel, Giwar plans a legendary gold heist. Rheingold is both written and directed by acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin, director of the other films Head-On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen, The Cut, Goodbye Berlin, In the Fade, and The Golden Glove previously. Based on the memoir by Giwar Hajabi. This first premiered at the 2022 Hamburg Film Festival, and it already opened in Germany in October 2022. Strand Releasing will debut Akin’s Rhinegold in select US theaters + on VOD soon in 2024. Still interested?
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