What to Do in Case of Fire?

"Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning."

2001 1h 41m DE

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★6.3TMDB · 63

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Synopsis

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The humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former East Germany. At the end of the 80s, they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to terms with the reason they separated 12 years ago.

“Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning.”

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Cast

Til Schweiger
Tim
Doris Schretzmayer
Flo
Sebastian Blomberg
Maik
Nadja Uhl
Nele
Matthias Matschke
Terror
Martin Feifel
Hotte
Klaus Löwitsch
Manowsky
Devid Striesow
Henkel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gregor Schnitzler
Languages: Spanish, German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, German.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gregor Schnitzler, shot by Andreas Berger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephan Zacharias. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Til Schweiger and Doris Schretzmayer and Sebastian Blomberg carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0207198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gregor Schnitzler directs. Andreas Berger behind the camera. Stephan Zacharias scores. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in Spanish, German.

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, German.
3Directed by Gregor Schnitzler, shot by Andreas Berger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Stephan Zacharias. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Til Schweiger and Doris Schretzmayer and Sebastian Blomberg carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning.".
7IMDB entry: tt0207198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "berlin, germany", "bomb", "fight", "punk rock".
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.