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Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski, Detlev Buck, Janek Rieke, Uwe-Dag Berlin ... see more see more... , Martin Olbertz , Hartmut Lange , Margit Bendokat , Adam Oest , Annika Kuhl , Tim Fischer , Michael Beck , Michael Gwisdek , Sven Marinek , Bernhard Schuetz , Pepe Danquart , Steffi Kühnert

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 n... read more read more...eighborhood 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Leander Haußmann

Release Date: October 2, 2003

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  • SirPant
    February 28, 2011
    SirPant
    I've been wanting to see Herr Lehmann for a few years now but only just got round to it. Maybe it was the anticipation and the fact a friend had been going on about how brilliant it is that left me slightly disappointed when I did finally get round to it. It's not horrible, it's ... read morea little slow and not much happens which doesn't necessarily make it bad, I often like films like that, it's just that I think a lot was lost in translation. I don't speak German, I think it probably helps when watching this film. It's not that I'm against sub-titles, read my reviews and you'll see I've seen hundreds of sub-titled films, it's just that mannerisms, in jokes etc are often lost when translated and my guess is that that is exactly what has happened here. For the most part the writing is good though but overall it didn't exactly grab me.

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February 23, 2012
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