Synopsis
A fateful day pushes an aimless college dropout to stop wasting his time and finally engage with life.
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Cast
- Tom SchillingNiko Fischer
- Marc HosemannMatze
- Friederike KempterJulika Hoffmann
- Justus von DohnányiKarl Speckenbach
- Katharina SchüttlerElli
- Arnd KlawitterPhillip Rauch
- Martin BrambachKontrolleur Jörg
- Andreas SchrödersPsychologe
- Ulrich NoethenWalter Fischer
- Inga BirkenfeldHanna
Recommendations
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Total Film
Jan Ole Gerster’s deceptively slender character study has a complex undertow, subtly linking its wallflower anti-hero’s acceptance of his failings with his country’s wider atonement for its World War II past. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
An engaging take on a drifting character at an age when we’re all adrift. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A delightfully unforced comedy with a sure grasp of character and setting. - 60
Empire
A snappy, quirky German indie that will thrill fans of early Jim Jarmusch. - 60
Time Out London
It’s all rather charming, though, since leading man Schilling remains affable while never underselling this kindly yet feckless dropout’s sheer spinelessness. - 60
Village Voice
Gerster and Schilling are more successful when they allow Niko's behavior to be their main subject. - 50
Slant Magazine
Jan Ole Gerster seems infatuated with his main character, but to little avail beyond reveling in his aimless despair. - 50
The Dissolve
Sporadically amusing and sprinkled with a fine silt of truth that helps elevate Niko above the movie around him, A Coffee In Berlin is at its best when it rolls up the blueprints and lets its hero figure things out for himself.
