Summer in Berlin

2005

1h 50m

Comedy

List

60%

Tomatometer

15 Reviews

69%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

Two women experience a daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin.

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2007

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Summer in Berlin is a pointedly unglamorous slice of life that could be set in any urban neighborhood where real estate prices haven't gone through the roof.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 2, 2007

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

For a film set during a sweltering season, precious little dramatic heat is brought to bear.

Rated: 3/6

Mar 31, 2007

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Summer avoids making its female protagonists too cute, shrewish or erotically challenged to be believable or bearable for two hours of cinematic comfort food.

May 21, 2020

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Jay Antani

Boxoffice Magazine

At once natural and designed, funny and sad, Dresen's story approximates the capriciousness of life itself, and that may be the highest praise any work of art could ask for.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 8, 2007

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

What we seem to have in Andreas Schmidt is a Buster Keaton/Marty Feldman in Teutonic skin.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 8, 2007

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Audience Member

Though it resonates with the economic situation, this film has some good parts but fails to connect - the almost-lesbian angle too is a bit stretched (no pun :P)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

No me extraÃ±a que los alemanes sean asÃ, tan bÃ¡sicos y tan secos en su trato. Me he reÃdo un montÃ³n con las situaciones simples pero que con un gesto se logra descifrar todo. Nadja me encanta esta actriz, me gustarÃa ver mÃ¡s pelis de ella.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

The friendship of two women put under pressure from modern-day living. Satirically sweet with drops of dark humour. One of the better German films I've seen.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

well the movie is good if it represents REAL state.....are people really THIS desperate, this lonely ??!!! terrible.. So 2 stars for that

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

pelicula sobre vidas comunes, que hace que la historia cojee un pelin, aunque suele pasar de comedia a drama con bastante eficacia. otra mania es la de mover la camara con un baile de san vito que trata de dar realismo cuando realmente lo que da son mareos. interpretaciones dignas, y una pelicula ultrarrealista. para pasar el rato.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

The plot is not very strong and slightly repetitive. There are some good and some really funny scenes (especially if you've been in Berlin before).

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Andreas Dresen

Director

Nadja Uhl

Nike

Inka Friedrich

Katrin

Andreas Schmidt

Ronald

Stefanie Schönfeld

Tina

Vincent Redetzki

Max

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Critical Consensus: Here’s To You, "Robinsons"; "Blades" Needs Sharpening; "Lookout" Worth A Look

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Synopsis

Two women experience a daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin.

Director: Andreas Dresen
Screenwriter: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Production Co: Peter Rommel Productions, X-Filme Creative Pool
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 50m