Summer In BerlinGermany
2005, 110min.
 Script: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Dir.: Andreas Dresen, Dir. of Phot.: Andreas Höfer, Compos.: Pascal Comelade, Prod. Design: Susanne Hopf, Natalja Meier, Sound: Peter Schmidt, Edit.: Jörg Hauschild, Prod.: Peter Rommel.
Cast: Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl, Andreas Schmidt, Stefanie Schönfeld, Vincent Redetzki, Christel Peters, Kurt Radeke, Hannes Stelzer.
A tragicomic film which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mum, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same flat and are best friends. Although always dating the wrong men and still pursuing for happiness, they don't lose their humor and spend many nights together on Nike's balcony. However, Nike gets to know the trucker Ronald one day...
Awards
Best Screenplay (San Sebastian IFF, 2005), Silver Hugo - Best Actress (Chicago IFF, 2005), Ernst Lubitsch Award, 2006, Bavarian Film Award – Best Direction, 2006. | Dresen, Andreas Andreas Dresen born 1963, Gera, Germany.
He began making amateur films in 1979. He was a trainee at the DEFA feature film studio in 1985-86, where he was assistant director to Günter Reisch. He studied directing at the College of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 1986-91, where he graduated. From 1990-92 he took part in Günter Reisch’s master classes at Berlin Academy of Arts. He has been working as a screenwriter and director since 1992 and became a member of Berlin Academy of Arts in 1998. Halbe Treppe was awarded the Silver Berlin Bear in 2002. Member of jury at the Berlin IFF in 2003.
Filmography
Der Kleine Clown (1985), Schritte des anderen (1987), Jenseits von klein Wanzleben (1989), So schnell geht es nach Istanbul (1991), Silent Country (Stilles Land, 1992), Krauses Kneipe (1993, TV), Mein unbekannter Ehemann (1994, TV), Kuckuckskinder (1994, TV), Andere Leben des Herrn Kreins (1994, TV), Heimatgeschichten - Sprung ins Glück (1995,TV), Heimatgeschichten - Alte Freunde (1995, TV), Freundin wider Willen - Achterbahn (1995, TV), Polizeiruf 110 - Der Tausch (1997, TV), Changing Skins (Raus aus der Haut, 1997, TV), Night Shapes (Nachtgestalten, 1999), Policewoman (Die Polizistin, 2000, TV), Grill Point (Halbe Treppe, 2002), Denk ich an Deutschland - Herr Wichmann von der CDU (2003), Willenbrock (2005), Sommer vorm Balkon (2005).
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