Summer in Berlin

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Summer in Berlin
Summer in Berlin.jpg
German poster for Summer in Berlin
Directed by Andreas Dresen
Written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Produced by Stefan Arndt
Starring Inka Friedrich
Nadja Uhl
Andreas Schmidt
Vincent Redetzki
Music by Pascal Comelade
Release dates
  • 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)(Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 5 January 2006 (2006-01-05)(Germany)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Summer in Berlin (German : Sommer vorm Balkon) is a 2005 German tragicomic film directed by Andreas Dresen.

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Reception

The film won the Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) for Dresen as "Best Director", the Silver Hugo Award for Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl together as "Best Actress", and sold nearly one million tickets at the box office, [1] making it the ninth most popular German language film of 2006. [2]

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References

  1. "Filmhitlisten". German Federal Film Board (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. "Top 100 Deutschland 2006". insidekino.com (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2010.

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