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Graft Architekten/Graft architects
In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
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Doreen Schulz
In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
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In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
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Angela Winkler
In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
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Plakate/Posters Maybrit Illner
In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
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Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus, Ciro Cappellari
DEU 2009, Berlinale Special
During the course of this documentary, celebrities and unknowns alike show the two directors their very own Berlin and provide the viewer with an insight into their lives. Among those appearing in the film are Turkish film student Hakan Savas Mican and Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier; also sharing their thoughts with us are political talk show host Maybrit Illner and techno club owner Dimitri Hegemann, writer Peter Schneider and disabled actor Nele Winkler, Turkish kiosk owner Ercan Ergin and the proprietors of Graft, a Berlin architectural firm, fashion designers Clara Leskovar and Doreen Schulz and their label C.Neeon; Berlin’s Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit also puts in an appearance as do musician Alexander Hacke and artist Danielle de Picciotto.
The city is in a permanent state of flux, as are the people who live in it. The filmmakers make use of this motion, translating it into the visual style of their film. The conversations with their protagonists evolve from each particular situation and often involve some form of movement, such as walking or travelling. The documentarians return to their protagonists several times during the film, looking in on the development of their projects. And there is no telling how they will turn out – will their ideas sink or swim?
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Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus showed his film In Berlin as a Berlinale Special.
In Berlin · Berlinale Special · Feb 13, 2009
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Michael Ballhaus, Danielle de Picciotto, Alexander Hacke, Ciro Cappellari
Director Michael Ballhaus, the protagonist Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke as well as co-director Ciro Cappellari before the premiere of In Berlin in the Cinema Paris.
In Berlin · Berlinale Special · Feb 13, 2009
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Michael Ballhaus
At the premiere of the film in the Cinema Paris.
In Berlin · Berlinale Special · Feb 13, 2009