Screenplay:
Jan Henrik StahlbergComposer:
Rainer OleakCast:
Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Marcus Mittermeier, Christoph Kottenkamp, Marta McGonagle, Dominic Boeer, Asli Bayram, Iris Karina, Charles Arthur Berg (more)Plots(1)
What would you think if you were to see a man in a taxi in his late thirties singing his head off in broken English? And what would you think if he were being filmed by two men in fur caps who also joined in the chorus? And would you believe these three best mates if they were to tell you that they have decided to become famous? Would you perhaps tell them that the days of their boy group, "The Berlin Brothers" are numbered and they would do best to forget about the whole thing? Get a grip? Just chill out a bit? After all, they're pushing 40, aren't they?
Yes, you would. But Johannes Selinger, Mattias Welblinger and Christian Hannawald stopped listening to good advice long ago. And now they're already on a plane to America – on the way to dreaming their big dream of immortal fame. OK, go ahead and fly, you'd say. It won't work out anyway.
But what if, a few months later, you pick up a newspaper and read a report about a certain John Salinger and the "Berlin Brothers" whose song, "The Best Time of My Life", had made it to number one of the US charts? Wouldn't you shake your head in disbelief and think – no, it can't be them, never!
Wouldn't your jaw just drop if, while you were innocently watching the goggle-box one day, you'd catch sight of the trio relaxing in Florida, each with a blonde on their arm? Wouldn't you just jump out of your breakfast chair spilling your coffee, and stare, flabbergasted at the huge newspaper photo of John Salinger – as he now calls himself – standing and smiling in the midst of the prairie, with just one arm? Yes, you would. And you'd also want to know: now what was the idea again?
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Cast
Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Tough Enough (2006)
Ferrari (2003) (TV movie)
Marcus Mittermeier
West Germany
Best movies:
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Midwife 2 (2016) (TV movie)
Die Ungehorsame (2015) (TV movie)
Christoph Kottenkamp
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Sind denn alle Männer Schweine? (2010) (TV movie)
Emilie Richards (2009) (series)
Marta McGonagle
Panama
Best movies:
Believe in Me (2006)
8 (2008)
Drake & Josh (2004) (series)
Dominic Boeer
West Germany
Best movies:
Bookies (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Asli Bayram
West Germany
Best movies:
One Chance (2013)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Jump! (2008)
Iris Karina
Best movies:
The Ghost Writer (2010)
The Conrad Boys (2006)
400 Days (2015)
Daniel Steiner
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wedding Day (2021)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Black Death (2010)
Labrandon Shead
USA
Best movies:
Triple 9 (2016)
The Yellow Birds (2017)
Confirmation (2016) (TV movie)
Yulia Klass
Best movies:
Old Dogs (2009)
Sugar Mountain (2016)
Beyond the Law (2019)