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Berlin Blues (2003) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2003 · 105 mins · German
- Directed by
- Leander Haußmann
- Starring
- Christoph Waltz, Detlev Buck, Pepe Danquart, Michael Beck, Janek Rieke, Hartmut Lange
Set in October 1989, West Berlin’s isolated Kreuzberg district SO 36 houses a sub‑culture. Barkeeper Frank, nicknamed ‘Herr Lehmann’, spends his days drinking, ignoring life beyond the area and courting cook Katrin. His routine unravels when his parents visit, his affair with Katrin falters and his friend Karl behaves oddly, amid tension at the Wall.
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