As We Were Dreaming

As We Were Dreaming

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Director:Andreas Dresen
Cast:Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Marcel Heupermann
Premiere:22. October 2019
Length:117 minutes
Genre:Drama

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Director: Andreas Dresen  •  Cast: Julius Nitschkoff, Marcel Heupermann, Merlin Rose

Crushed dreams and loss of stability following the collapse of the Berlin Wall are the main themes of Andreas Dresen’s disappointing “As We Were Dreaming,” a hard-edged drama about a group of friends coming of age just as the Cold War ends. Stuffed to the gills with fights, strobe lights and anarchic energy, the well-played pic feels like a late arrival in a long line of movies from throughout the former Eastern bloc covering similar ground. Dresen certainly knows his East German grunge, yet the unnecessary voiceover, frequent flashbacks and stereotyped female characters play like a film from at least 10 years ago. Sales outside German territories may be a battle.

Length: 117 min

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 22. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Austria

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Director: Andreas Dresen  •  Cast: Julius Nitschkoff, Marcel Heupermann, Merlin Rose

Crushed dreams and loss of stability following the collapse of the Berlin Wall are the main themes of Andreas Dresen’s disappointing “As We Were Dreaming,” a hard-edged drama about a group of friends coming of age just as the Cold War ends. Stuffed to the gills with fights, strobe lights and anarchic energy, the well-played pic feels like a late arrival in a long line of movies from throughout the former Eastern bloc covering similar ground. Dresen certainly knows his East German grunge, yet the unnecessary voiceover, frequent flashbacks and stereotyped female characters play like a film from at least 10 years ago. Sales outside German territories may be a battle.

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 22. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Austria