After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
Acting
Vogel's collapse feels lived-in, not performed.
Cinematography
Berlin as crumbling character, all concrete and possibility.
Writing
Becker co-wrote; refuses easy catharsis at every turn.
Director
Wolfgang Becker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in post-reunification Berlin when the city was cheap, empty, and creatively wild—impossible to replicate now.
Wolfgang Becker later directed Good Bye, Lenin!; this is his rawer, angrier dry run.
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