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Jan Ole Gerster's wry and vibrant feature debut A Coffee in Berlin, which swept the 2013 German Oscar Awards, paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko 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: his girlfriend rebuffs him, his father cuts off his allowance, and a strange psychiatrist dubiously confirms his 'emotional imbalance'. Meanwhile, a former classmate insists she bears no hard feelings toward him for his grade-school taunts when she was “Roly Poly Julia,” but it becomes increasingly apparent that she has unfinished business with him. Unable to ignore the consequences of his passivity any longer, Niko finally concludes that he has to engage with life. Shot in timeless black and white and enriched with a snappy jazz soundtrack, this slacker dramedy is a love letter to Berlin and the Generation Y experience.
Original Release
11/01/2012
US Release
06/13/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Schilling | Niko Fischer |
Katharina Schuttler | Elli |
Justus von Dohnányi | Karl Speckenbach |
Andreas Schröders | Psychologe |
Katharina Hauck | Café-Shop Angestellte / Coffeeshopverkäuferin |
Marc Hosemann | Matze |
Friederike Kempter | Julika Hoffmann |
Arnd Klawitter | Phillip Rauch |
Inga Birkenfeld | Hanna |
Ulrich Noethen | Walter Fischer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Schilling | Niko Fischer |
Katharina Schuttler | Elli |
Justus von Dohnányi | Karl Speckenbach |
Andreas Schröders | Psychologe |
Katharina Hauck | Café-Shop Angestellte / Coffeeshopverkäuferin |
Marc Hosemann | Matze |
Friederike Kempter | Julika Hoffmann |
Arnd Klawitter | Phillip Rauch |
Inga Birkenfeld | Hanna |
Ulrich Noethen | Walter Fischer |
Leander Modersohn | Jörg Schneider |
Martin Brambach | Kontrolleur Jörg |
Rolf Peter Kahl | Kontrolleur Stefan / Kontrolleur Peter |
Lis Böttner | Frau Baumann |
Theo Trebs | Marcel |
Alexander Altomirianos | Ticketverkäufer / Tickeverkäufer |
Steffen Jürgens | Ralf |
Ellen Schlootz | Stella |
Frederick Lau | Ronny / Ronnie |
Jakob Bieber | Kevin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tom Schilling | Producer |
Jan-Ole Gerster | Producer |
Jörg Himstedt | Producer |
Marcos Kantis | Producer |
Birgit Kämper | Producer |
Martin Lehwald | Producer |
Timon Modersohn | Producer |
Michal Pokorny | Producer |
Alexander Wadouh | Producer |