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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

"Was Tun, Wenn's Brennt" (2001), directed by Gregor Schnitzler, is a German cult movie that has, strangely enough, never reached a greater popularity outside of Germany. It is true that the situation of the former anarchists in West Berlin is not depicted historically exact, but this is not the aim of the movie. The movie is about the ones who remained faithful to themselves and the other ones who have forgotten their origins.What makes this movie so special, besides it very high entertainment-value, are the performances of Martin Feifel as Hotte and of Sebstian Blomberg as Mike. Feifel reaches without doubt an Oscar-worthy accomplishment. Tim (Til Schweiger) and Hotte are the last ones from a former small group of a radical political film-club whose whole live was once determined by the conflicts between East and West Berlin, including street battles, during one which Hotte lost his legs. 11 years, after the group has separated, Tim and Hotte are still living in the house-ruin where the "Kommune" used to house, without any contacts to the former members. Suddenly, a bomb explodes in an empty villa, and the police find traces of the former film club. Unfortunately, the police investigator who used to fight against the radicals in the glorious times, is not yet retired, and so he spends considerable time to trace the bomb back. ("Police-dog" Manowksy is the last role of the great Klaus Löwitsch which makes this movie especially precious). Since immediate danger is waiting before the door, after the house-ruin has been stormed by the police, Tim and Hotte decide to try to find the other Kommune-members who meanwhile have become banker, lawyer, single mother and party-girl. When finally they are re-assembled together, they decide to fight one more time against the police force.

It's 1987 in Germany, and the social problems reach a point where there are constant riots and chaos. In the middle of this problems, a group of 6 radical anarchists created a bomb that never exploded... 12 years later the bomb explodes and all the clues point to them. Now they must reunite, and try to eliminate the proofs because now they have grown up, some have children, some have promising careers... and some got stunk in the past."Was tun, wenn's brennt?" is a very good movie by promising director Gregg Schnitzler that tells the story of this band of former radicals after 12 years of changes, social and personal. The movie flows at good pace, with good humor and feel-good attitude. Add to the mix an attractive young cast and you get this light comedy.Probably, that is both its greatest attribute and its greatest flaw: the fact that it has a lot of potential for being a deep character study filled with dark humor, but instead chooses the way of being a light hearted comedy with an upbeat tone.The movie has very good camera-work, although it has that Hollywoodish feeling that may turn some people away. Those "Hollywood" moments are what probably hurt the film the most, with clichéd scenes that distract us from the point for the sake of getting emotions.Besides its light tone, the movie manages to deliver its message; past returns to burn you. While Tim (Til Schweiger) and Hotte (Martin Feifel) are still living in the past, the rest of the gang tries to forget it, and ultimately it returns to burn them.The acting was actually better than expected, with Matthias Matschke as Terror, the former punk turned lawyer (!) stealing every scene he is in. Also, it is worth mentioning the appearance of Klaus Löwitsch as an old cop who still remembers those days before the fall of the wall.Overall an enjoyable movie that despite its Hollywoodish tone (complete with feel-good ending), it manages to be fresh and more inventive that most Hollywood light comedies. It's definitely worth a rent. 7/10

I found myself really enjoying this movie, at first. In fact I was living in Germany in 87-88, exactly the period the flashback part is set in.I found myself enjoying this movie at first, it brought back memories. The portrayal of terrorists in a kind of situation comedy light didn't strike me as strange at first.It was when they made a bomb out of a fire extinguisher that what I was watching finally struck me. Shortly before I came to Germany, just a couple of weeks before, somebody blew up a bomb made out of a fire extinguisher at the American PX in Frankfurt. It was basically an attempt to kill people at random. I don't remember how succesful it was.The politics of the group that did it was mostly as confused and futile as that of the characters in the movie. Ostensibly communists but far from being anything resembling real communists.Somehow after that this movie palled for me. I just couldn't get into watching killers portrayed as lovable but basically good-hearted knuckelheads with hearts of gold.

Once upon a time, there were six friends with a vision of a future in complete freedom, without the restrictions of a government stifling those too young and too foolish to stay within the bounds of what is 'normal'. So these friends lovingly created a homemade bomb and documented the whole process for posterity. They planted the bomb... and forgot all about it. Until twenty years later, when it finally blew up.Twenty years later, only two of the six are still members of that "Scene" in Berlin, while the others have gone off to get married, have kids, drive Mercedes, make millions in their very own advertisement company or become district attorneys (!). Of course, their later careers will be of little interest, once the police have had a chance to look through the confiscated film material...This is a great movie, about visions, friendship, solidarity - and anarchy. The plot is solid (in a Bond kind of way), and there is a deliciously ironic final twist.So, what do you do, when there's a fire burning? Well, let it burn!Naturally.