A coffee in Berlin
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Special features: A conversation with director Jan Ole Gerster and film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky; Music featurette; Julika screen test; Tom Schilling improvisation; Outtakes; Deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Philipp Kirsamer ; editor, Anja Siemens ; music, The Major Minors, Cherilyn MacNeil.

Tom Schilling, Friederike Kempter, Marc Hosemann, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders, Arnd Klawitter.

Niko is having a tough morning. He's broken up with his girlfriend, been cut off from his monthly allowance, and was just declared "emotionally unstable" by a court-appointed psychologist. If only he could find a decent cup of coffee. Painting an eventful day-in-the-life of a twenty-something law school dropout, A Coffee In Berlin follows Niko as he drifts through a series of absurd, funny and, ultimately life-changing encounters with the people and city around him. Photographed in timeless black and white and enriched by a snappy jazz soundtrack, Jan Ole Gerster's vibrant and charming debut, which swept the German Film Awards, is a slacker comedy with a poignant center, and a love-letter to the city of Berlin and Germany's own Generation Y.

[Not rated]

DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital or 2.0 Dolby Digital.

In German with optional English subtitles.