Potsdamer Platz

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A New York Mafia family known as Franchise, sets up base on Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, setting in motion a destructive confrontation with the Russian Mafia. Tony, a young hitman, is sent in to terrorise the opposition, but when the life of an innocent 14-year-old girl is lost, he determines to change his life for the better. He finds the offer of redemption he is searching for in the love that springs up between him and an East Berlin medical student. But quitting the life is not easy, and Tony finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and the love of his girl...

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A brilliant and unique look at a clash of cultures in the gangster world. The Jersey mob comes to Berlin to confront the Russian, Turk, and East German mobsters but The Goodfellas / Sopranos underestimate their competition! -- Tony Scott

Author Bio

Buddy Giovinazzo is is also the author of Poetry and Purgatory and Life Is Hot in Cracktown and is the director of the film, No Way Home, starring Deborah Unger and Tim Roth. He is currently preparing to shoot an adaptation of Life Is Hot in Cracktown, in Los Angeles as an American/German co-production. He lives in Berlin. Potsdamer Platz has already been optioned for filming by director Tony Scott's production company.