Berlin Blues ( Herr Lehmann )

Berlin Blues (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Herr Lehmann
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Leander Haußmann

Written By:
Sven Regener (novel)
Sven Regener (screenplay)

Actors:
Christian Ulmen ..... Herr Lehmann
Detlev Buck ..... Karl
Katja Danowski ..... Katrin
Janek Rieke ..... Kristall-Rainer
Annika Kuhl ..... Heidi
Hartmut Lange ..... Erwin
Martin Olbertz ..... Marco
Uwe Dag Berlin ..... Jürgen (as Uwe-Dag Berlin)
Michael Beck ..... Klaus
Michael Gwisdek ..... Der Trinker
Stephan Baumecker ..... Kiffer
Tim Fischer ..... Sylvio
Karsten Speck ..... Die Lederuschi
Margit Bendokat ..... Mutter Lehmann
Johann Adam Oest ..... Vater Lehmann (as Adam Oest)

Synopsis:

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.

One of the key political events of the late 20th century fails to distract a man who is having a row with his parents in this comedy from Germany. The film takes place in the fall of 1989 in SO36, a neighborhood in West Berlin adjacent to the Berlin Wall, shunted into a corner and largely ignored. It is home to an oddball community of Bohemians and outsiders who pay little mind to the world around them. Frank Lehmann (Christian Ulmen) is a bartender who serves beer at nights to the motley citizens of SO36 and is oblivious to most everything except his lackadaisical pal Karl (Detlev Buck) and his ill-tempered girlfriend Katrin (Katja Danowski). A visit from Frank's parents throws his simple life into disarray, especially since his letters home led them to expect a far grander life than he's leading, and with this sudden chaos in his life, Frank barely notices that big things are happening on the other side of the wall. Herr Lehmann, also titled Berlin Blues, was screened as part of the 'German Cinema' series at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 05 April, 2008.

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