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Sommer vorm Balkon ()


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A tragicomic movie which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mom, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same house and are best friends. Although always dating the wrong... See more »

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Katrin Engel
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Nicole 'Nike' Pawelsky
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Ronald
Stephanie Schönfeld ...
Tina
Christel Peters ...
Helene
Kurt Radeke ...
Oskar
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Max
Hannes Stelzer ...
Herr Neumann
Lil Oggesen ...
Charly
Maximilian Moritz ...
Rico
Veit Schubert ...
Apotheker
Fritz Roth ...
Chef Puppenfirma
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Chefin Agentur
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Vorzimmermann
Herbert Olschok ...
Bewerbungspartner
Lutz Ockhardt ...
Bewerbungstrainer (as Dr. Lutz Ockhardt)
Barbara Bachmann ...
Helenes Tochter
Götz Schulte ...
Galerist
Frank Seppeler ...
Mann in Diskothek
Anne Bulling ...
Ärztin Notaufnahme
Ute Keller ...
Leiterin Suchtklinik (as Dr. Ute Keller)
Manuela Fritzsche ...
Chefin Pflegedienst
Manfred Hille ...
Unfallfahrer
Hans-Ulrich Laux ...
Trucker
Olaf Sommerfeld ...
Schuhverkäufer
Mario Pokatzky ...
Kollege Messebau
Marko Schmidt ...
Einbrecher
Matthias Walter ...
Einbrecher
Frank Fietze ...
Kumpel von Ronald
Carola Kirschnick ...
Chefin Kneipe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Axel Prahl ...
Kneipengast (uncredited)

Directed by

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Andreas Dresen

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Wolfgang Kohlhaase ... ()

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Stefan Arndt ... producer
Jutta Frech ... executive producer
Peter Rommel ... producer

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Pascal Comelade

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Andreas Höfer

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Jörg Hauschild

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Thomas Mulack ... post-production coordinator

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Susanne Hopf
Natalja Meier

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Sabine Greunig

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Grit Kosse ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Peter Hartwig ... production manager
Thomas Mulack ... HD project manager: Schwarz Film Berlin GmbH
Anja Ostrowski ... unit manager

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Sabine Weyrich ... assistant director

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Felix Gallo ... painter
Jens Gaube ... carpenter
Mark Gleisberg ... prop driver
Marita Götz ... property master: outdoor
Roland Schwarthoff ... set dresser
Sascha Strutz ... property master
Michael Waschnig ... prop driver

Sound Department

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Anja Bause ... foley mixer
Fanny Hermsdorf ... sound re-recording mixer assistant (as Sabine 'Fanny' Hermsdorf)
Kai-Uwe Koch ... dialogue editor
Ralf Krause ... re-recording mixer
Jens Müller ... boom operator
Carsten Richter ... foley artist
Martin Rogalski ... foley editor
Peter Schmidt ... sound
Oswald Schwander ... sound designer
Aaron Zeller ... adr boom operator
Michael Gerbes ... sound re-recording mixer assistant (uncredited)

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René Jakob ... digital effects artist
Juliane Schaloske ... visual effects project manager (as Juliane Haack)
Inga Schwiemann ... digital colorist
Olaf Skrzipczyk ... visual effects supervisor
Norman Struwe ... digital effects artist
Nhat Quang Tran ... digital effects artist
Ralf Wacker ... digital intermediate supervisor

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Georg Armin Sauer ... stunt coordinator (as Armin Sauer)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jörg Güntner ... assistant camera
Georg Nonnenmacher ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Karin Schulz ... assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Roland Gerhardt ... location scout

Music Department

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Jens Quandt ... music rights clearance / music supervisor

Additional Crew

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Janina Bukowski ... production accountant
Miriam Höding ... caretaker: children
Skady Lis ... business and legal affairs
Andro Steinborn ... head of business and legal affairs

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Plot Summary

A tragicomic movie which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mom, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same house and are best friends. Although always dating the wrong men and still pursuing for happiness, they don't lose their humor and spend many nights together on Nike's balcony, drinking and chatting. However, Nike gets to know the trucker Ronald one day... Written by fippi2000

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Also Known As
  • Sommer Vorm Balkon (Canada, English title)
  • Summer in Berlin (World-wide, English title)
  • Un été à Berlin (France)
  • Verano en Berlín (Spain)
  • Verano en el balcón (Spain)
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  • 107 min
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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 Night Shapes (1999) to Summer in Berlin (2005). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008). See more »
Soundtracks Guten Morgen Sonnenschein See more »

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