Berlin Blues

Oct 1, 2003

1h 45m

★ 6.7

Till then, then…

Overview

In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling buildings. Part of that microcosm is barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called 'Herr Lehmann' by friends and patrons. He hangs out drinking, sports utter disregard for anything beyond SO 36 and lazily pursues an affair with cook Katrin. His lifestyle is gradually disturbed, when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with Katrin and his best friend Karl starts to act strange. Meanwhile, political turmoil mounts on the other side of the Wall.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Boje Buck Produktion GmbH

ARD

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Cast

Herr Lehmann

Christian Ulmen

Katrin, die schöne Köchin

Katja Danowski

Der beste Freund Karl

Detlev Buck

Kristall-Rainer

Janek Rieke

Jürgen

Uwe Dag Berlin

Marco

Martin Olbertz

Erwin

Hartmut Lange

Lehmanns Mutter

Margit Bendokat

Lehmanns Vater

Johann Adam Oest

Heidi

Annika Kuhl

Sylvio

Tim Fischer

Hans

Michael Gwisdek

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