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7.2/10   1,345 votes
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Director:
Andreas Dresen
Writer:
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (writer)
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Release Date:
5 January 2006 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Andreas Dresen's tragicomic movie focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
"Summer in Berlin" and so it is more (3 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Inka Friedrich ... Katrin Engel
Nadja Uhl ... Nicole 'Nike' Pawelsky
Andreas Schmidt ... Ronald
Stephanie Schönfeld ... Tina
Christel Peters ... Helene
Kurt Radeke ... Oskar
Vincent Redetzki ... Max
Hannes Stelzer ... Herr Neumann
Lil Oggesen ... Charly
Maximilian Moritz ... Rico
Veit Schubert ... Apotheker
Fritz Roth ... Chef Puppenfirma
Traute Höss ... Chefin Agentur (as Traute Hoess)
Olaf Burmeister ... Vorzimmermann
Herbert Olschok ... Bewerbungspartner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Summer in Berlin (International: English title)
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Runtime:
USA:107 min | Canada:105 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:105 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Germany:12 | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Berlin, Germany more
Company:
Peter Rommel Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the scene in which Nike and Ronald take Max to the bar the man sitting in front of the window is Axel Prahl, one of director Andreas Dresen's favorite actors. Prahl has been in all of Dresen's non-documentary films from Nachtgestalten (1999) to Sommer vorm Balkon (2005). more
Soundtrack:
Ich liebe das Leben more

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19 out of 33 people found the following comment useful.
"Summer in Berlin" and so it is, 6 November 2005
6/10
Author: ehol from Chicago, IL

Saw this one when it played at the Chicago festival in October. Two gals share a friendship over a summer. And over a summer they change and the friendship changes. Things occasionally stray into melodramatic territory, but fine performances all around, especially by the two female leads, make for a pleasantly watchable movie. The day to day struggles of the leads provide not-so-subtle political subtext about tough times in post-unification Germany.

Andreas Schmidt's subdued portrayal of an underemployed trucker provides a contrast to his more exuberant performance in a similarly blue-collar role in "Guys and Balls."

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