VILM

Summer 2001: young Gregor works at the small Berlin video store "VILM". When he falls in love with the shy "Betty", he has to keep a clear head handling the major catalogue change from VHS to DVD, his disillusioned co-worker Beni, quirky customers and the upcoming shoot of his next big short film ...

Cast

Thien Phuoc Nguyen

as Gregor

Nicolas Dinkel

as Beni

Lisa Lee Paulick

as Sophie

Ilse Neumann

as Frau Beuger

Nina Wyss

as "Betty" / Alex

Micha R. Scholze

as Adalbert

Inger Lotta Sundermann

as "Körperfresser"-Frau

Benjamin Hartwig

as "Körperfresser"-Mann

Alexander Grebe

as Komischer Kunde / Sophies Freund

Ben Rademacher

as Kunde mit Kind

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