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  1. Movies
  2. Downhill City

Downhill City

1999
1h 43m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1999

Runtime

1h 43m

Storyline

A handful of disparate people in Berlin are drawn to the same residential hotel in the drama Downhill City. Finnish musician Artsi heads to Berlin in hopes of hitting the big time; needing a place to stay, he takes a room at the Downhill City Hotel and ties to find a market for his music. Meanwhile, another Downhill Hotel resident, aspiring author Fabien, meets a former convict named Sascha who has nowhere to stay and offers to take him in. Peggy, who works at a fast-food restaurant, is unhappy with her boyfriend Hans and finally kicks him out. Peggy meets Artsi when he stops by the burger stand one day, while Hans (who ends up crashing with Sascha and Fabien) starts a new relationship of his own with Doris.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Jun 28, 1999
Languages
German
Finnish
Director
Hannu Salonen
Hannu Salonen
Production
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Nelonen
Nelonen
Luna-Film
Luna-Film
Talent House
Talent House
ZDF
ZDF
Production Countries
Finland
Germany

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

Franka Potente

Franka Potente

Peggy

Teemu Aromaa

Teemu Aromaa

Artsi Sompanen

Andreas Brucker

Andreas Brucker

Hans

Michaela Rosen

Michaela Rosen

Doris

Sebastian Rudolph

Sebastian Rudolph

Sascha

Janne Hyytiäinen

Janne Hyytiäinen

Sälä

Hans Martin Stier

Hans Martin Stier

Peter

Maria Körber

Maria Körber

Esther

Manja Göring

Ulrike

Tobias Schenke

Tobias Schenke

Punker

Dieter Dost

Abteilungsleiter

Rüdiger Sander

Hermann

Dagmar Biener

Dagmar Biener

Frau am Band

Jürgen Schmidt

Filialleiter

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