A Coffee in Berlin (2012)

An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.

Director:

Jan-Ole Gerster (as Jan Ole Gerster)

Writer:

Jan-Ole Gerster (screenplay) (as Jan Ole Gerster)

Stars:

Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi

25 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Schilling	...	Niko Fischer
Katharina Schüttler	...	Elli
Justus von Dohnányi	...	Karl Speckenbach
Andreas Schröders	...	Psychologe
Katharina Hauck	...	Café-Shop Angestellte
Marc Hosemann	...	Matze
Friederike Kempter	...	Julika Hoffmann
Arnd Klawitter	...	Phillip Rauch
Inga Birkenfeld	...	Hanna
Ulrich Noethen	...	Walter Fischer
Leander Modersohn	...	Jörg Schneider
Martin Brambach	...	Kontrolleur Jörg
Rolf Peter Kahl	...	Kontrolleur Stefan (as RP Kahl)
Lis Böttner	...	Frau Baumann
Theo Trebs	...	Marcel

Storyline

This tragicomedy is a self-ironic portrait of a young man who drops out of university and ends up wandering the streets of the city he lives: Berlin. The film deals with the desire to participate in life and the difficulty to find one's place.

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Plot Keywords:

2010s | germany | german | beverage | streetcar | 

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Taglines:

No job. No girl. No coffee.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jan-Ole Gerster's debut was the unexpected box-office success in Germany 2012 with more than $2mio. It also won the German Film Award for best pictures, best script and best directing 2013.

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Quotes

Niko Fischer: Do you know what it's like... to have the feeling that all the people around you are honestly kind of weird? But when you think it over, then it becomes clear that the problem is with yourself.

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Connections

Referenced in Hard & Ugly (2017)

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Soundtracks

Look at the Mess I've Made
Composed by Cherilyn MacNeil
Performed by Cherilyn MacNeil

User Reviews

A jewel

As a German living abroad for the past 12 years, it's been a surprising pleasure to see, back in Berlin, this little jewel of a movie. Step by step the young guy's everyday-life situations pull you in, develop a light but melancholic atmosphere in which great acting, a pensive and funny script, music that reminds the best of Miles Davis and awesome black-and-white camera-work form a wonderful whole of a movie. If you see, towards the end, average shots of Berlin turned into looking poetic… you know the film has found its tone just on the right note.

Beautiful - I hope this (first!) film didn't only accidentally turn out so well. You want to wish the director, all actors and his crew the very best !

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

13 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Coffee in Berlin

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

EUR300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,918, 15 June 2014

Gross USA:

$150,275

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,826,333

Company Credits

Production Co:

Schiwago Film, Chromosom Filmproduktion, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1