

Berlin Blues
2003-10-01 · 105 min · ★ 6.8
In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling buildings. Part of that microcosm is barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called 'Herr Lehmann' by friends and patrons. He hangs out drinking, sports utter disregard for anything beyond SO 36 and lazily pursues an affair with cook Katrin. His lifestyle is gradually disturbed, when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with Katrin and his best friend Karl starts to act strange. Meanwhile, political turmoil mounts on the other side of the Wall.
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- Directors
- Leander Haußmann
- Production companies
- Boje Buck Produktion GmbH, ARD
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Christian UlmenHerr Lehmann
Katja DanowskiKatrin, die schöne Köchin
Detlev BuckDer beste Freund Karl
Janek RiekeKristall-Rainer
Uwe Dag BerlinJürgen
Martin OlbertzMarco
Hartmut LangeErwin
Margit BendokatLehmanns Mutter
Johann Adam OestLehmanns Vater
Annika KuhlHeidi
Tim FischerSylvio
Michael GwisdekHans
Sven MartinekPolizist 1
Bernhard SchützPolizist 2
Stephan BaumeckerKiffer
Karsten SpeckDetlef, die Lederuschi
Fabian Oscar WienRudi
Heidi ZügerChristine, Karls Freundin
Christoph WaltzArzt
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