Directed by:
Daniel BrühlScreenplay:
Daniel KehlmannCinematography:
Jens HarantCast:
Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann, Aenne Schwarz, Gode Benedix, Vicky Krieps, Justine Hirschfeld, Steffen Scheumann, Mex Schlüpfer, Arne Duppler (more)VOD (1)
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Daniel (a self-deprecating Brühl) leads an enviable life. A famous actor, he lives in a stylish penthouse apartment in Berlin’s hip Prenzlauer Berg district with his wife and children. One morning, as he prepares to jet off to London to screen-test for a ‘top-secret’ new American superhero blockbuster, he pops into the local dive bar to kill some time. There, he meets middle-aged Bruno (a deliciously sardonic Peter Kurth), initially dismissing him as a(nother) fan. But far from it, Bruno’s in fact Daniel’s neighbour, and has been awaiting this moment. Bruno sees himself as one of reunification’s losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin and - as the pair banter, and he begins nitpicking the increasingly exasperated (and now late for his flight) Daniel’s career - he gradually reveals a far more intimate knowledge of Daniel’s life than is comfortable... Written for the screen by best-selling German author Daniel Kehlmann, Brühl’s two-hander combines verbal sparring with schadenfreude for a wryly entertaining comedy of wits and secrets that will have you wondering just how much you know about your own neighbours. (Palace Films)
(more)Cast
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Rike Eckermann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Captain (2017)
Die Täter - Heute ist nicht alle Tage (2016) (TV movie)
West (2013)
Aenne Schwarz
West Germany
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
Next Door (2021)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Gode Benedix
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Vicky Krieps
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Colonia (2015)
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
House of Boys (2009)
Justine Hirschfeld
Best movies:
Aenne Burda - Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau (2018) (TV movie)
Next Door (2021)
Sapphire Blue (2014)
Steffen Scheumann
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Sun Alley (1999)
Mex Schlüpfer
Best movies:
Great Freedom (2021)
Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog (2017) (student film)
Next Door (2021)
Arne Duppler
West Germany
Best movies:
Next Door (2021)
Johanna Polley
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country (2017)
Nils Dörgeloh
West Germany
Nils Brunkhorst
West Germany
Best movies:
Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (2001)
Next Door (2021)
Windstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)
Ole Hermann
Best movies:
Next Door (2021)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) (series)
Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Austria
Best movies:
Persian Lessons (2020)
The Palace (2021) (series)
The Royal Game (2021)