What if saving your childhood bestie meant destroying your own life?
Nils, Tayfun and Caro were best friends as children. When love came along later, the friendship fell apart. Nils became a policeman and unexpectedly meets Tayfun during a raid. Remembering their friendship, Nils makes Tayfun's drugs disappear and is caught. Nils is faced with the choice of either being suspended or going undercover to investigate Tayfun, who is now with the love of his life, Caro. An irreconcilable conflict between job, feelings and betrayal.
Acting
Benno Fürmann's internal conflict is devastatingly committed.
Direction
Eigler captures Berlin's grime with unflinching authenticity.
Director
Martin Eigler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matthias Schweighöfer appears in an early supporting role before becoming one of Germany's biggest comedy stars.
The film explores second-generation Turkish-German identity through Tayfun's character, a rarity in early 2000s German cinema that typically marginalized such perspectives.
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