1. Mai
Berlin - 1st of May
An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two young men from a small town, and a cuckolded policeman from the sticks all find their way to Berlin on May Day, where, in the district of Kreuzberg, emotions come to the boil every year. Little Yavuz is eager to gain recognition and is determined to ′floor a cop′ in order to impress his older brother. But then he meets Hary, a onetime member of the student revolts of the late sixties, and things turn out completely differently. Jacob and Pelle from Minden are hell-bent on having a boys′ own adventure in the capital. They are a couple of inquisitive tourists cruising for a bruising, drifting aimlessly between sightseeing, their search for the city′s best kebab shop and the protest march of the anarchic ′Black Block′.
As the ruckus begins, policeman Uwe has problems of quite a different kind. He and his colleague have been assigned to calm the situation in Kreuzberg. But his wife turns unfaithful and he finds himself in the midst of a major personal crisis. Will his colleague′s suggestion to seek distraction at a cop-friendly bordello help him out of his doldrums? Four lives, four different stories and predicaments. Four people who each experience their very own May Day, after which nothing will ever be the same.
Source: 58. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Yavuz (1. Episode)
- Nebi (1. Episode)
- Harry (1. Episode)
- Uwe (2. Episode)
- Martin (2. Episode)
- Ratte (2. + 3. Episode)
- Jacob Iling (3. Episode)
- Pelle Pelletier (3. Episode)
- Ingrid
- Schinken Radatz Jr.
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Still photography
Set design
Costume design
Editing
Sound mixer
Audio mixing
Casting
Cast
- Yavuz (1. Episode)
- Nebi (1. Episode)
- Harry (1. Episode)
- Uwe (2. Episode)
- Martin (2. Episode)
- Ratte (2. + 3. Episode)
- Jacob Iling (3. Episode)
- Pelle Pelletier (3. Episode)
- Ingrid
- Schinken Radatz Jr.
- Elke
- Bülent
- Orhan
- Spezi
- Buddy
- Demonstrant
- Ramona
- Deeskalationspolizist
- Club-Mädchen
- Einsatzleiter
- Polizist
- Prostituierte
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Co-Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- September 2006 - Oktober 2006: Berlin
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.04.2008, 113690, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino;
Kinostart (DE): 30.04.2008;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 15.05.2010, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) 1. Mai
- Arbeitstitel (DE) 1. Mai - Das Ende vom Lied
- Abschnittstitel (DE) 3. Episode: Der Ausflug
- Abschnittstitel (DE) 2. Episode: Uwe
- Abschnittstitel (DE) 1. Episode: Yavuz
- Aufführungstitel (DE) Berlin - 1. Mai
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.04.2008, 113690, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino;
Kinostart (DE): 30.04.2008;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 15.05.2010, Arte