Does a movie need to provide answers or is some room for interpretation sometimes the better choice? Berlin Calling does not take the bait to occupy the moral high ground. Instead it is an authentic movie about the music and party scene in Berlin, including its „dark side": drugs.

In a way this movie does not have a beginning and no end, it is an ultimate extract of life – life in the electronic music scene in Berlin.

The pace of the story is fast, almost like the rhythm of the electronic beats - an awesome soundtrack. Berlin Calling is authentic and entertaining movie with great acting and fantastic directing.

The movie feels „(a)live" and to followers of electronic music this is a definite must-see. The only criticism that Berlin Calling may have to accept is that self-experiencing the Berlin party scene may still be better.

"Berlin Calling" is a German 110-minute movie from 7 years ago. Writer and director is Hannes Stöhr and it is probably his most famous work until today. I also saw his more recent "Global Player" and definitely preferred that one. "Berlin Calling" takes us into the world of electronic music focusing on DJ Ickarus, played by the successful artist Paul Kalbrenner. However, I was not impressed. He certainly is not a trained actor and I cannot take this film seriously from that perspective. There were several really intense scene, but they all left me rather uninterested, especially those about the main character's drug abuse, basically from start to finish. The actress who plays his girlfriend was as bad as the one who played the lesbian relationship. No idea what they were thinking with this sub-plot. Probably grasping for straws in terms of including sex to lure people into theatres. It probably would have helped if they had at least been attractive.

No idea why this film has such a good reception and why a decent actress like Corinna Harfouch would appear in here. This was not an amateurish-looking effort, but also not a particularly good one. In my case, it probably doesn't help either that I really do not care for electronic music, one of my least favorite genres. Very forgettable film, in which I never felt for the character. Not recommended.

I reckon this is not really my scene, my "hood" to put it that way. But whoever wrote this and whoever did this, they seem to know what they are trying to convey. With movies like these, it is easy to fall back onto cliches and make it easy for oneself. But this feels as authentic as it can be. The performances help too, which is not always a given with low budget movies.

Intense scenes may require you to take a moment to really digest them. But it's not just drama, there is comedy and humor in this too. Although strange humor of course. I had heard of this movie from friends before and if you are into the music especially this will elevate the whole thing even further I reckon. And of course it will deplete completely if you don't like the music too