Berlin Stories

Berlin Stories

Berlin Stories

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Berlin Stories

2005

1h 33m

4.0(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

Three actors - Lizzy, Marlon, and Ohboy - navigate city life between rehearsals, nightlife, and alienation. Marlon, new to town, struggles with his role and babysitting. Lizzy chases fame yet finds only transactional glamour in a club. Ohboy, adept yet trapped, drifts comically through urban traps. Linked by rehearsals for “City as Prey,” three episodes chronicle loneliness, friendship, and survival.

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Filmgalerie 451

Das kleine Fernsehspiel

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Richard Kropf

Richard Kropf

Marlon

Inga Busch

Inga Busch

Lizzy

David Scheller

David Scheller

Ohboy

René Pollesch

René Pollesch

René Pollesch

Rolf Peter Kahl

Rolf Peter Kahl

RP

Anne Osterloh

Anne Osterloh

Anne

Stipe Erceg

Stipe Erceg

Callboy Julian

Julia Hummer

Julia Hummer

Babe

Eva-Maria Kurz

Eva-Maria Kurz

old woman

Tatiani Katrantzi

Tatiani Katrantzi

Regieassisstentin

Creative team

Directed by: Miriam Dehne
Esther Gronenborn
Written by: Miriam Dehne
Esther Gronenborn
Produced by: Frieder Schlaich

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