
Rising High(2020)
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.


Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target...

Daniel Brühl
Daniel

Peter Kurth
Bruno

Rike Eckermann
Hilde

Aenne Schwarz
Clara

Vicky Krieps
The New Tennant
Gode Benedix
Micha

Justine Hirschfeld
Nanny Conchita

Ole Hermann
Mirko

Nils Dörgeloh
Nils

Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Luisa
Next Door is a drama, comedy film released in 2021 exploring themes of berlin, germany, bartender, stalking, neighbor, bar. Directed by Daniel Brühl, it stars Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann. Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target...
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