Summer in Berlin
Encyclopedia
Summer in Berlin is a 2005 German tragicomic
film directed by Andreas Dresen
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", the Silver Hugo Award
for Inka Friedrich
and Nadja Uhl
together as "Best Actress", and sold nearly one million tickets at the box office
, making it the ninth most popular German language
film of 2006
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Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is fictional work that blends aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. In English literature, from Shakespeare's time to the nineteenth century, tragicomedy referred to a serious play with either a happy ending or enough jokes throughout the play to lighten the mood.-Classical...
film directed by Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen is an award-winning German film director. His directing credits include Cloud 9, Summer in Berlin, Grill Point and Night Shapes. His film Stopped on Track premiered at the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard...
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Reception
The film won the Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) for Dresen as "Best DirectorBavarian Film Awards (Best Director)
This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Director.-References:* * This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Director.-References:* * This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards for Best Director.-References:* * (12 pages, 124 KB...
", the Silver Hugo Award
Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress
The Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress is one of awards presented annually by the Chicago International Film Festival to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance. The jury chooses the winner from the movies competing at the festival. It was first awarded in 1967.-List of...
for Inka Friedrich
Inka Friedrich
Inka Friedrich is a German actress.Having studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, Friedrich won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the 2005 film Sommer vorm Balkon....
and Nadja Uhl
Nadja Uhl
Nadja Uhl is a German actress.She studied at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig between 1990 and 1994, beginning her career as a theatre actress at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam in 1994...
together as "Best Actress", and sold nearly one million tickets at the box office
Box office
A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
, making it the ninth most popular German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
film of 2006
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
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