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Berlin Stories(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-06-23
40%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
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.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
Volksfilm der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Movie: Berlin Stories
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard Kropf
Marlon
Rolf Peter Kahl
RP
Anne Osterloh
Anne
Inga Busch
Lizzy
Stipe Erceg
Callboy Julian
Julia Hummer
Babe
René Pollesch
René Pollesch
David Scheller
Ohboy
Eva-Maria Kurz
old woman
Tatiani Katrantzi
Regieassisstentin
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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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2005-06-23
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