A Coffee in Berlin

Nov 1, 2012

1h 28m

★ 7.2

No job. No girl. No coffee.

Overview

Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Schiwago Film

Chromosom Filmproduktion

ARTE

A Coffee in Berlin Trailers

Cast

Niko Fischer

Tom Schilling

Matze

Marc Hosemann

Julika Hoffmann

Friederike Kempter

Karl Speckenbach

Justus von Dohnányi

Elli

Katharina Schüttler

Phillip Rauch

Arnd Klawitter

Kontrolleur Jörg

Martin Brambach

Psychologe

Andreas Schröders

Walter Fischer

Ulrich Noethen

Hanna

Inga Birkenfeld

Jörg Schneider

Leander Modersohn

Kontrolleur Peter

Rolf Peter Kahl

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