Back to browse
63% Critic Match
What to Do in Case of Fire?
“Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning.”
6.3 / 10• 2001• 1h 41m•NR• German
ThrillerDramaComedyActionRomance
Storyline
The humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former East Germany. At the end of the 80s, they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to terms with the reason they separated 12 years ago.
Cast & Crew
Til Schweiger
Tim
Lead
Doris Schretzmayer
Flo
Sebastian Blomberg
Maik
Nadja Uhl
Nele
Matthias Matschke
Terror
Martin Feifel
Hotte
Klaus Löwitsch
Manowsky
Devid Striesow
Henkel
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregor Schnitzler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. What to Do in Case of Fire? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
