The History of Germany: A Coffee in Berlin

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A Coffee in Berlin
A Coffee in Berlin is a movie that was directed by German film director and screenwriter Jan Ole Gerster. The setting is in the capital of Germany, Berlin, and it is about the life of the protagonist, Niko, a young man in his twenties who seems not to have a well-defined purpose in life. He was studying law before dropping out of college, which shows what an intelligent young man he is. The movie opens with a scene where he wakes up, in his girlfriend’s house, at the break of dawn. His rather genteel girlfriend offers him a cup of coffee, which he declines for no apparent reason. Ironically, he spends the rest of the day chasing after an elusive cup of coffee. He spends most of the day with his friend Matze. Later, he spends the night in a hospital where he had accompanied an elderly man he had met in a bar. In the morning, he learns of the man’s death and a few moments later, he manages to lay his hands on a cup of coffee. Watching the movie rubber-stamped my perception of Germans as genteel people who respect laws to a fault, observe punctuality, and value family and the community.
The movie is generally about the daily lives of the common people, so to speak. The director ably uses the cast to depict the daily routine of many Germans’ lives and the various challenges they have to contend with. The protagonist, Niko, for instance, seems lost and confused. The fact that he can afford to buy cigarettes and not a lighter attests to this. He does not inform his father of his decision to ...