Was tun, wenn's brennt? (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gregor Schnitzler

Writers:

Stefan Dähnert (writer)
Anne Wild (writer)

Release Date:

31 January 2002 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The past can be a ticking bomb. Especially if you placed it there yourself.

Plot:

What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists...

Plot Keywords:

Berlin | Bomb | Anarchist | Police | Mercedes Benz

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Til Schweiger	...	Tim
Martin Feifel	...	Hotte
Sebastian Blomberg	...	Maik
Nadja Uhl	...	Nele
Matthias Matschke	...	Terror
Doris Schretzmayer	...	Flo
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Manowsky
Devid Striesow	...	Henkel
Barbara Philipp	...	Pritt
Aykut Kayacik	...	Bülent
Hubert Mulzer	...	Police Chief
Oliver Mommsen	...	Konrad
This Maag	...	Schimtz
Johanna von Halem	...	Agency Assistant
Sandra Nedeleff	...	Real Estate Agent

Also Known As:

What to Do in Case of Fire (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for some drug use and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Am Kufpergraben/Museumsinsel, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH

Goofs:

Continuity: As the group enters the train station "Ostkreuz" at the end of the movie, it's night and the sky is black. When they reach the platform, the sun is shining.

The Ultimate Feel Good Movie

Once upon a time, there were six friends with a vision of a future in complete freedom, without the restrictions of a government stifling those too young and too foolish to stay within the bounds of what is 'normal'. So these friends lovingly created a homemade bomb and documented the whole process for posterity. They planted the bomb... and forgot all about it. Until twenty years later, when it finally blew up.

Twenty years later, only two of the six are still members of that "Scene" in Berlin, while the others have gone off to get married, have kids, drive Mercedes, make millions in their very own advertisement company or become district attorneys (!). Of course, their later careers will be of little interest, once the police have had a chance to look through the confiscated film material...

This is a great movie, about visions, friendship, solidarity - and anarchy. The plot is solid (in a Bond kind of way), and there is a deliciously ironic final twist.

So, what do you do, when there's a fire burning? Well, let it burn!

Naturally.