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Deutschland 1997/1998 Spielfilm

Summary

Break Even

Construction worker Alex is a loser. The failed family man has been living for months in a container on the building site. Ruth has been on the game for some time, a victim of the ′Wende′ who still dreams of ′a normal life′. Finally, Svetlana is a refuge from Bosnia who is soon to be deported.

 

Alex meets her on the in Berlin′s Kurfuerstenstrasse. Three lonely people who want to change their lives, whose greatest obstacle on the path to self-improvement is as much themselves as the circumstances.
"Break Even arose from a five-week character development phase with the actors. Dialogues were never written down and the shoot had a distinctly documentary nature. The ′from the hip′ style camerawork and jump-cut editing give the film a dynamic pace which stands in interesting contrast to the simple storyline and precise concentration on the characters" Eoin Moore.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

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Credits

All Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Still photography

Set design

Make-up artist

Sound assistant

Audio mixing

Cast

Producer (TV)

Unit production manager

Location manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 1997: Berlin [12 Tage im Herbst (?)]
Duration:
2292 m, 84 min
Format:
35mm - von Video, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.04.2000, 84593, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 30.03.2000

Titles

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Versions

Original

Duration:
2292 m, 84 min
Format:
35mm - von Video, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Dolby SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 07.04.2000, 84593, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 30.03.2000

Awards

Filmfest, München 1998
  • Förderpreis Deutscher Film, Regie