Category
Documentary
director
David Dietl
production
Flare Film
country
Germany
format
HD, DCP
runtime
87 min
year
2019
broadcaster
RBB/ARTE
language
English, German
subtitled_versions
English
genre
Arts & Culture, History, Music
BERLIN BOUNCER
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Synopsis

BERLIN BOUNCER tells the story of Berlin, from a divided city to the party metropolis of today, through the eyes of its most legendary doormen. Frank Künster came in the 1980s to study in Berlin while Smiley Baldwin was still guarding the wall as an American GI. Behind the wall lived Sven Marquardt, a young punk and photographer. When the Wall came down, nightlife took control over their lives. Until today they play a decisive role in the reunited city’s never ending nights as the most famous bouncers of Berlin’s popular clubs.

Festivals

  • "World Premiere" Berlinale - Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Germany (2019)
  • CPH:DOX, Denmark (2019)
  • Urban Nomad FF, Taiwan (2019)
  • BEAT Festival, Russia (2019)
  • In-Edit, Spain (2019)
  • Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal (2019)
  • Intro FIlm Festival, Ukraine (2919)
  • Trieste Film Festival, Italy (2020)

More info

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  • THE GUARDIAN review click here