Was tun, wenn's brennt? (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gregor Schnitzler

Writers:

Stefan Dähnert (writer)
Anne Wild (writer)

Release Date:

31 January 2002 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The past can be a ticking bomb. Especially if you placed it there yourself.

Plot:

What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists...

Plot Keywords:

Berlin | Bomb | Anarchist | Police | Mercedes Benz

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Til Schweiger	...	Tim
Martin Feifel	...	Hotte
Sebastian Blomberg	...	Maik
Nadja Uhl	...	Nele
Matthias Matschke	...	Terror
Doris Schretzmayer	...	Flo
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Manowsky
Devid Striesow	...	Henkel
Barbara Philipp	...	Pritt
Aykut Kayacik	...	Bülent
Hubert Mulzer	...	Police Chief
Oliver Mommsen	...	Konrad
This Maag	...	Schimtz
Johanna von Halem	...	Agency Assistant
Sandra Nedeleff	...	Real Estate Agent

Also Known As:

What to Do in Case of Fire (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for some drug use and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Am Kufpergraben/Museumsinsel, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH

Goofs:

Continuity: As the group enters the train station "Ostkreuz" at the end of the movie, it's night and the sky is black. When they reach the platform, the sun is shining.

good movie

This was quite a good movie. Perhaps I'm partial for German films, but this was even better because it wasn't about typical German film themes like racial tolerance, finding a lost love from the East-West separation, etc. The film told the story of a five anarchists who set a bomb in a government building in Berlin. The bomb's timer "stopped" and when tampered with 10 or so years later, begins where it left off. Suddenly it blows up the now-abandoned building and these five anarchists who are now older and more conservative must reunite and find a way to once again "smash the system" in order not to get caught. The film concentrated more on plot and less on cinemetography. There were a few nice cinemagraphic scenes however, and at the end, proved to be a heart-warming film. However, the movie was completely unrealistic and didn't touch on the differences of political ideologies as much as the back cover said it would. I think it would have been better if the characters were struggling to identify with each others' new political ideologies while having to work together to realisitically save themselves from their younger anarchistic days.