Summer in Berlin
- Inka Friedrich: Katrin
- Nadja Uhl: Nike
- Andreas Schmidt: Ronald
- Stephanie Schönfeld: Tina
- Christel Peters: Helene
- Kurt Radeke: Oskar
- Vincent Redetzki: Max
- Hannes Stelzer: Mr. Neumann
- Lil Oggesen: Charly
- Maximilian Moritz: Rico
- Veit Schubert: pharmacist
- Fritz Roth: Chef Puppet Company
- Trust Hoess: boss Agency
- Olaf Burmeister: anteroom man
- Herbert Olschok: Application Partners
Summer in Berlin is a film director Andreas Dresen, shot in Germany in 2004. He has been shown at film festivals since September 2005 and was officially launched on January 5, 2006 in the cinemas. In Germany the film reached nearly one million moviegoers.
Action
The girlfriends and Nike, both beyond the thirties, live in the same old apartment building in Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. Katrin, drawn from Freiburg is unemployed and single mother of a son. Nike is skilled seamstress, but works part-time as a mobile geriatric nurse. Both learn the truck driver Ronald know, than the almost Katrin had run. After a night of love with Nike Ronald moves in with her. Katrin feels thus left alone by her friend. Your unemployment and loneliness she tries to numb by alcohol. After a disco evening escalates the lives of Katrin. She is admitted to the psychiatric ward because of alcohol abuse and receives support. In the meantime, Nike cares about Katrin's son, Max, in turn, has first heartbreak. Even Nike's new relationship with Ronald does not run smoothly. She learns that he is married and father of three children by different women. Without further ado, it sets the macho Ronald front of the door. As Katrin comes back from the hospital, the two friends find each other close and spend the summer evenings again to Nike's balcony. The final scene shows the house in the fall of scaffolding for the renovation and now uninhabited.
Background
The movie was filmed in the vicinity of the Helmholtz Platz in Berlin -Prenzlauer Berg. This rental home is located on the southeast corner of the square. The pub scenes were left further away in the pub " Esmarch - Eck" Esmarchstrasse, in Bötzow neighborhood, rotated. Axel Prahl has a cameo as a guest pubs. A pedestrian bridge over the train near the beautiful Allee, about Katrin's son goes, was already 25 years ago in the movie Solo Sunny by screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase in the image.
The soundtrack is humorous numerous German hits like Good Morning, Sunshine by Nana Mouskouri, He belongs to me by Marianne Rosenberg and I love a life of Vicky Leandros.
With 967 767 moviegoers summer was in front of the balcony at No. 9 of the German productions that came to theaters in 2006.
Reviews
" Unobtrusive provides the all-round harmonious melancholy comedy about love, friendship, solidarity, unemployment and loneliness, the issues raised and proves despite the contemplative mood a subtle sense of the comic in everyday life. Convincing performer who almost documentary paints and the wise choice of music make the film an experience. "
"With incisive look and great attention to the figures director Andreas Dresen has filmed the story of two girlfriends. Between heaven and earth they sit on the balcony and look at the colorful, difficult existence in which the right men are often wrong. "
" Summer in Berlin is a social comedy that inspires, touches the audience and almost happy - what can you say about a movie rarely. This is the brilliant writer of Solo Sunny - author Wolfgang Kohlhaase the refreshing natural play of his leading ladies, Nadja Uhl and Inka Friedrich and especially to the special ability of Andreas Dresen, the small everyday lives around the corner represent unfiltered and lifelike. With the greatest of ease concerns Dresen amateur actors in the plot that are an indispensable part of the film and unanimously rooting him in the milieu. This summer is a gift. Do not miss it. "
Awards
- Bavarian Film Awards 2005: Best Director Award for Andreas Dresen
- Six nominations for the German Film Award 2006: Best Feature Film, Best Performance - female lead ( Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl ), Best Performance - Supporting Actor (Andreas Schmidt), Best Director, Best Screenplay
- Silver Shell for Best Screenplay ( Prize of the International Jury for Best Screenplay ), the International Film Festival San Sebastian 2005 ( Andreas Dresen was nominated for the Golden Seashell )
- Silver Hugo Award - ( Prize of the International Jury for the best performers ) Best Actress for Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl at the 41st Chicago International Film Festival
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize 2006
- Price of the 2006 German Film Critics for Best Screenplay
- Undine Award 2006 for Best Film Vincent Redetzki debutant; Nominations for Lil Oggesen ( Best Film Debutante ) and Stephanie Schönfeld ( Best Supporting Actress youth )