Berlin Blues


1h 49m 2004

Brief Synopsis

A tale set in Kreuzberg, West Berlin's slacker Bohemia, in 1989, just weeks before the fall of the Wall. In this lively city quarter inhabited by misfits, dropouts, and hungry but determined artists, Frank is prince. Except for a standoff with a local dog, and the unwelcome knowledge that his 30th b

Film Details

Also Known As
Herr Lehmann
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
2004
Production Company
Beta Film; Dcm Film Distribution Gmbh
Distribution Company
Dcm Film Distribution Gmbh; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag; Filmladen Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Synopsis

A tale set in Kreuzberg, West Berlin's slacker Bohemia, in 1989, just weeks before the fall of the Wall. In this lively city quarter inhabited by misfits, dropouts, and hungry but determined artists, Frank is prince. Except for a standoff with a local dog, and the unwelcome knowledge that his 30th birthday--if not his next girlfriend--is just round the corner, Frank is a slacker. His parents are coming to visit, and expect their jobless to son to be a restaurant manager. Then life happens. Everything, but everything changes--surprisingly, speedily and irrevocably.

Film Details

Also Known As
Herr Lehmann
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
2004
Production Company
Beta Film; Dcm Film Distribution Gmbh
Distribution Company
Dcm Film Distribution Gmbh; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag; Filmladen Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States February 2004

Shown at the Berlin International Film Festival, February 5 - 15, 2004.

Shown at the New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24 - April 4, 2004.

Released in United States 2004

Released in United States 2004

Released in United States 2004 (Shown at the New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24 - April 4, 2004.)

Released in United States February 2004 (Shown at the Berlin International Film Festival, February 5 - 15, 2004.)

Based on the novel "Herr Lehmann" by German author Sven Regener.