FREE ON CINEGEEK.De Herr Lehmann 

Mr. Lehmann, whose real name is Frank, sleeps little and drinks a lot. He is a bartender at the "Einfall" (the "Einfall", that is the "Madonna" in the Wiener Strasse, which today adorns the postal code 10999 and formerly Kreuzberg 36). Mr. Lehmann is often asked what he does for a living. Mr Lehmann does not understand this. He is a bartender. Yes, but OWNLY; if you ask him again. Barkeeper, actually. I find that very realistic, because many people have completely forgotten the equation from the Tom Cruise film "Cocktail": "A bartender is the aristocrat of the working class." Compared to "Cocktail" the film "Herr Lehmann" knows a lot about bars and also about alcohol. To the outside, the "Einfall" or "Madonna" looks like a run-down drinking hall - but the inmates of the "Einfall" believe they are some kind of bourgeoisie. But at least Mr. Lehmann's best friend Karl (Detlev Buck) ends up in a mental hospital, because his nights became too long after all. For a bartender - the movie knows this, too - it's not easy to find love. Mr. Lehmann falls in love with the beautiful cook Katrin (Katja Danowski), but... Sometime the wall falls. "They're all coming over now", says a drunkard. Mr Lehmann remains unmoved as always: "First drink up". That really happened. All of Berlin was on its feet in 1989, just not Kreuzberg. A few autonomous people went over to occupy a few houses in Mainzer Strasse. But most stay west of the border. And for a few years you could rent apartments here in Reichenberger Str. Actually Kreuzberg has always been a village and what the farmer doesn't know, he doesn't want to know. The most amazing thing about the film (which is based on the novel of the same name by Element Of Crime singer Sven Regener) is the art of turning Kreuzberg 2003 back into Kreuzberg 1989. Many facades had long since been renovated! Kreuzberg 1989 looked no different from the GDR. With coal stoves in the apartments. Kreuzberg 2003 was already a mum's district, where there was even latte macchiato. But I had privately boycotted the film for a long time anyway, because I didn't want the MTV presenter (!!!) Christian Ulmen to play Mr. Lehmann. Today I like him. Even if you see a few beautiful houses with facades in the background...