Charles Schumann is a bartender par excellence—known the world over for his iconic Munich-based Schumann's Bar— and best-selling author of a cocktail guide the New York Times called "the drink-mixer's bible." Here Schumann is your tour guide through some of the finest bars the world has to offer, traveling from New York to Tokyo with numerous stops in between to explore the fascinating history and rich culture behind these monuments to social imbibing, a pursuit all Milwaukeeans agree is in need of extensive documentary study.
Production
Bar interiors shot like cathedrals—every neon drip is holy.
Direction
Schroeder lets Schumann be insufferable in the most watchable way.
Director
Marieke Schroeder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schumann's 1984 cocktail guide remains the German-speaking world's definitive bible—this film is essentially a victory lap disguised as travelogue.
The Milwaukee joke in the official description? That's Schroeder winking at her American distributor, who insisted on 'relatable' humor for US audiences.
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