Berlin Calling

Oct 1, 2008

1h 45m

★ 6.8

Overview

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

sabotage films GmbH

Stoehrfilm

WDR

ARTE

Berlin Calling Trailers

Cast

Martin Karow (DJ Ickarus)

Paul Kalkbrenner

Mathilde

Rita Lengyel

Prof. Dr. Petra Paul

Corinna Harfouch

Corinna

Araba Walton

Crystal Pete

Peter Schneider

"Erbse"

Rolf Peter Kahl

Jenny

Henriette Müller

Karow

Udo Kroschwald

Alice

Megan Gay

Zivi Alex

Max Mauff

Clubchef Tom

Dirk Borchardt

Hotel Employee

Erdal Yıldız

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