The Last Berliner (Der letzte Mieter) is a 2018 German hostage drama film set in contemporary Berlin. It won the award for the Best Feature Film at the 5th Manchester International Festival in July 2019.
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| Directed by | Gregor Erler[1] |
| Screenplay by | Gregor Erler Benjamin Karalic |
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| Music by | Rutger Hoedemaekers |
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Running time | 97 minutes [2] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot
editA housing company evicts its tenants, intending to turn their homes into luxury apartments. Dietmar Heine, an ailing pensioner living in an old flat in former East Berlin, is unwilling to comply. The day he is supposed to leave, his son Tobias returns home to find Dietmar quarrelling with their landlord. The argument escalates, Dietmar shoots himself, and an angry Tobias takes the landlord and a police officer hostage. The film follows the three of them, as Tobias tries to stop the evictions, and the police try to save the hostages.
Critical reception
editMarie O'Sullivan, for The Movie Isle, called The Last Berliner a 'surprising gem' that 'manages to be funny, tense, sad and sympathetic at the same time'.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Last Berliner (Der Letzte Mieter)". ARRI Media. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "The Last Berliner". Film Festival Flix. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Marie (12 March 2019). "The Last Berliner: Manchester Film Festival Review 2019". The Movie Isle. Retrieved 27 December 2019.