---
title: 'Import/Export (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ulrich Seidl'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/importexport-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459102/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Import/Export (2007)

2007 · 135 min · Drama · France, Austria

Original title: Import Export

## Synopsis

Import/Export is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia from 2005 until May 2007 on 16mm film. Simultaneously, the film follows a nurse from Ukraine searching for a better life in the West and an unemployed security guard from Austria heading East for the same reason.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ulrich Seidl](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-seidl)
- **Screenplay:** [Ulrich Seidl](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-seidl), [Veronika Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronika-franz)
- **Producer:** [Ulrich Seidl](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-seidl), [Lucki Stipetić](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucki-stipetic)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Lachman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lachman), [Wolfgang Thaler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-thaler)

## Cast

- [Susanne Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanne-lothar)
- [Petra Morzé](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-morze)
- [Herbert Fritsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-fritsch)
- [Paul Hofmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hofmann)
- [Brigitte Kren](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-kren)
- [Georg Friedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-friedrich)
- [Ekateryna Rak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekateryna-rak)
- [Dirk Stermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-stermann)
- [Thomas Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-nash)
- [Maria Hofstätter](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-hofstatter)
- [Michael Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-thomas-2)

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Official site: http://importexport.ulrichseidl.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/importexport-2007
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