Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Berlin, I Love You

  • 20192019
  • RR
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,345
698
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
Official Trailer
Play trailer2:20
1 Video
11 Photos
DramaRomance
Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German c... Read allLatest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,345
698
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Directors
      • Dianna Agron
      • Peter Chelsom
      • Claus Clausen
    • Writers
      • Fernando Eimbcke
      • Justin Franklin
      • Dennis Gansel
    • Stars
      • Keira Knightley
      • Helen Mirren
      • Luke Wilson
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Dianna Agron
      • Peter Chelsom
      • Claus Clausen
    • Writers
      • Fernando Eimbcke
      • Justin Franklin
      • Dennis Gansel
    • Stars
      • Keira Knightley
      • Helen Mirren
      • Luke Wilson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 65User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 34Metascore

    Videos1

    Berlin, I Love You
    Trailer 2:20
    Berlin, I Love You

    Photos11

    Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Groth, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Julia Dietze, Sibel Kekilli, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Emily Beecham, and Charlotte Le Bon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Nolan Gerard Funk and Jenna Dewan in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Veronica Ferres, Sylvester Groth, Keira Knightley, Diego Luna, Jim Sturgess, Julia Dietze, Nolan Gerard Funk, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Yvonne Maria Schäfer, Emily Beecham, Charlotte Le Bon, and Iwan Rheon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Hayden Panettiere in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, and Keira Knightley in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Hannelore Elsner, Veronica Ferres, Sylvester Groth, Keira Knightley, Diego Luna, Jim Sturgess, Julia Dietze, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sibel Kekilli, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Yvonne Maria Schäfer, Pheline Roggan, Emily Beecham, and Iwan Rheon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Veronica Ferres, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Julia Dietze, Sibel Kekilli, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Emily Beecham, and Iwan Rheon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Veronica Ferres, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Jenna Dewan, Dianna Agron, Emily Beecham, and Charlotte Le Bon in Berlin, I Love You (2019)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Keira Knightley
    Keira Knightley
    • Jane
    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Margaret
    Luke Wilson
    Luke Wilson
    • Burke Linz
    Jim Sturgess
    Jim Sturgess
    • Jared
    Mickey Rourke
    Mickey Rourke
    • Jim
    Jenna Dewan
    Jenna Dewan
    • Mandy
    Emily Beecham
    Emily Beecham
    • Hannah
    Dianna Agron
    Dianna Agron
    • Katarina
    Veronica Ferres
    Veronica Ferres
    • Else Speck
    Diego Luna
    Diego Luna
    • Drag Queen
    Iwan Rheon
    Iwan Rheon
    • Greg
    Charlotte Le Bon
    Charlotte Le Bon
    • Rose
    Sibel Kekilli
    Sibel Kekilli
    • Yasil
    Nolan Gerard Funk
    Nolan Gerard Funk
    • Nico
    Julia Dietze
    Julia Dietze
    • Tania
    Sylvester Groth
    Sylvester Groth
    • Frosch
    Toni Garrn
    Toni Garrn
    • Heather
    Yvonne Maria Schäfer
    Yvonne Maria Schäfer
    • Janis
    • Directors
      • Dianna Agron
      • Peter Chelsom
      • Claus Clausen
    • Writers
      • Fernando Eimbcke
      • Justin Franklin
      • Dennis Gansel
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    New York, I Love You
    6.2
    New York, I Love You
    Paris, je t'aime
    7.2
    Paris, je t'aime
    Misbehaviour
    6.3
    Misbehaviour
    The Aftermath
    6.3
    The Aftermath
    Colette
    6.7
    Colette
    Rio, I Love You
    5.2
    Rio, I Love You
    Shanghai, I Love You
    Shanghai, I Love You
    Fortunata
    6.2
    Fortunata
    The Leisure Seeker
    6.7
    The Leisure Seeker
    Hollow in the Land
    5.6
    Hollow in the Land
    Parallel Mothers
    7.1
    Parallel Mothers
    Once Upon a Time...
    6.2
    Once Upon a Time...

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      The famous Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei - who currently lives and works in Berlin - shot a much anticipated episode for this movie, that was cut from the final version. He explained in an interview, that this happened because of hidden economic pressure from China: "The film has faced tremendous difficulties with regard to financing and distribution. During the promotion and sale of the film, the producer told us he had never faced such strong pushback on any previous film he had made than as he had from my participation in this film. People clearly told him that my involvement would be a problem for them to get financial support or distribution. It could even cause problems for future films, such as the next planned film, Shanghai, I Love You. This comes as no surprise; China's influence in the cultural realm is beyond my imagination." (Screendaily, March 2019)
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Jane: [narrating] So this is Berlin, a pounding heartbeat of a divided muscle. Grown out of fear of complete destruction.

      Ronald Reagan: [file tape] Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

      Jane: Crushed and reduced to ashes, and it rose from it's ashes like a phoenix. Like a golden angel. People come to Berlin to dream, to dance, and to fall in love. And some of them... to fly away. I came here to sing.

    • Connections
      Followed by Shanghai, I Love You
    • Soundtracks
      Heaven Stood Still
      Performed by Willy DeVille

      Performed by Willy DeVille (as The Willy DeVille Acoustic Trio)

    User reviews65

    Review
    Review
    Top review
    Mad Spin Doctors Trying to Sell Berlin As a Cure For Depression!
    'Berlin, I Love You' has been made by people, who don't know much about Berlin. The amount of things they've got completely wrong is amazing. Nearly everybody in Berlin speaks English all the time? That's a fundamentally distorted view of the world. Some of the authors quite obviously think that Berlin would be a better place without Germans.

    Most of the ten segments' stories could have been used for a 'Dallas, I love you' or 'Birmingham, I love you' compilation, because Berlin is nothing more than the background scenery. All of them are quite pointless, cliché-ridden and extremely predictable. If the nagging feeling that you are wasting your life tends to give you depressions, you should stay clear of this movie. There is an awful lot of obtrusive agitprop by pundits who don't have a story to tell and therefore settle for sending some platitudinous messages. On the other side it sometimes gets so bad and pathetic that it gave me some laughing out loud moments - so that's a positive.

    The segments in chronological order:
    • 0 "Transitions", the wraparound (director: Josef Rusnak)
    • 1 "Berlin Ride" (Peter Chelsom)
    • 2 "Under Your Feet" (Massy Tadjedin)
    • 3 "Love is in the Air" (Til Schweiger)
    • 4 "Berlin Dance" (Justin Franklin, Daniel Lwowski)
    • 5 "Me Three" (Stephanie Martin, Claus Clausen)
    • 6 "Hidden" (Dani Levi)
    • 7 "Sunday Morning" (Fernando Eimbcke)
    • 8 "Lucinda in Berlin" (Dianna Agron)
    • 9 "Embassy" (Dennis Gansel)


    Three episodes could be considered as tourist promotion: "Berlin Ride", "Berlin Dance" and "Transitions". In "Berlin Ride" a simple photo safari through Berlin cures an American tourist of his suicidal thoughts. "Transitions" borrows heavily from the imagery of Wim Wenders' "Der Himmel Über Berlin" (Wings of Desire). It shows an emotional journey from depression to lust for life. While Wenders' movie features an angel with an interest in humans, here the brooding angel impersonator (Robert Stradlober) seems to be more attracted to the great beyond. A tourist from Israel will fix this - temporarily. "Berlin Dance" is basicly a music clip for Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester, it's actually nice and by far the best segment.

    Three episodes are completely expendable: "Love is in the Air", "Sunday Morning" and "Lucinda in Berlin". "Love is in the Air" is a trainwreck of a story and it features Mickey Rourke - a match made in the heaven over Berlin, I guess. It is notable for the complete absence of Berlin, everything happens inside of a hotel. "Sunday Morning" is the dream of a drag queen to get hit on by a cute 16-year-old. (Yeah, that's exactly what it is!) In "Lucinda in Berlin" the depression of an American tourist gets cured by puppetry.

    Two episodes are hypocrisy on steroids: "Under Your Feet" and "Me Three". Whoever still likes this kind of heavy-handed propaganda is in dire need of a software update.

    Two episodes are so bad that they are actually funny: "Hidden" and "Embassy". In "Hidden" an asylum seeker who killed a 15 years old German boy (but of course he is still the good guy, because it was somehow "self-defense"), seeks refuge in a brothel. Unintentional hilarity ensues. Definitely on the funny side of bigotry. In "Embassy" the passenger of a very talkative taxi driver reads my mind and asks her: "Do you really need to keep talking? It would be great if you just not do that." It's the beginning of a wild ride that had me in stitches. Your mileage may vary.

    There is an eleventh short film, beach boy Ai Weiwei directed the filming in Berlin via Skype from Peking. Sadly, it didn't make it into this compilation, which is a shame, because this sounded like the perfect recipe for a desaster.

    If you suffer from depressions, Berlin is probably the last place you want to be, except if you just want to surround yourself with like-minded people. David Bowie and Iggy Pop tried it in the 1970s, you should listen to their Berlin-made records from 1977 "Low" and "Lust For Life" - not really fun stuff. 42 years later they are still a perfect soundtrack for this city. In spite of reiterated attempts of cheerfulness, 'Berlin, I Love You' is basically a very bleak and boring movie. It will not attract many tourists, if any at all.

    All in all: Yes, this is a very bad movie. But it is made with adorable incompetence and a complete lack of self-reflection. Yes, sometimes it is so bad, it is kind of good. ("Bad German Movies"-Review No. 17)
    helpful•87
    12
    • Thom-Peters
    • Feb 14, 2019

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • February 8, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Берлін, я люблю тебе
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Bily Media Berlin
      • Rheingold Films
      • Shotz Production Service
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Gross worldwide
      • $163,908
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Berlin, I Love You (2019)
    Top Gap
    What is the Japanese language plot outline for Berlin, I Love You (2019)?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    View image
    Photos
    These Stars Are on the Rise
    See the gallery
    View list
    List
    Fall TV Guide: The Best Shows Coming This Year
    See the full list
    View image
    Photos
    Double Take: Celebrity Twins
    See the full list
    Back to top

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more access
    Sign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Interest-Based Ads
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.