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Summer In Berlin

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Year of participation	2006
Program	Feature Competition

Producer(s)	Peter Rommel.
Director(s)	Andreas Dresen
Script	Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Director of Photography	Andreas Höfer
Production designer	Susanne Hopf, Natalja Meier
Music by	Pascal Comelade
Sound	Peter Schmidt
Edit	Jörg Hauschild
Cast	Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl, Andreas Schmidt, Stefanie Schönfeld, Vincent Redetzki, Christel Peters, Kurt Radeke, Hannes Stelzer

Synopsis

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.

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