What to Do in Case of Fire? (2001)

Was tun, wenn's brennt?

Their friendship was over, and that's just the beginning.

101 min★ 6.8 · 3,818 votes

• Action
• Comedy
• Drama

The humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former East Germany. At the end of the 80s, they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to terms with the reason they separated 12 years ago.

Release date

January 31, 2002

Country of origin

Germany

Music

Stephan Gade, Stephan Zacharias