Berlin Calling

2009

About this movie

Berlin's techno DJ Star Ickarus (played by real life Berlin DJ star Paul Kalkbrenner) jets around the globe with his girlfriend and manager, Mathilde (Rita Lengyel). He basks in love and admiration that comes from all sides. Life and music are intoxicating. Drugs? They're just part and parcel of the techno scene. And they also bring him to the brink of collapse. One day he swallows a bad pill cut with too many hard drugs. This triggers a psychotic episode and Ickarus ends up in a psychiatric clinic. While he makes friends with other drug victims on the station and Dr. Petra Paul (Corinna Harfouch) helps him on the road to recovery, his girlfriend seeks solace in the arms of an ex-girlfriend. But that's just the start of his downward spiral...