This early Franka Potente film (1995) is a classic rom-com, focused on the issues of teenagers. This was Potente’s first professional film.
Alongside Franka Potente is Axel Milberg. We may know him from the Fifth Estate, Ludwig II., Almanya: and Willkommen in Deutschland among several other films and TV appearances.
Dagmar Manzel is another familiar face in this film. We may know her from Zettl, die Apothekerin, and Coming Out, among many others.
Thomas Schmauser has been in several well-known films and shows, including You are Wanted, Tom Sawyer, and Joyeux Noel . Nach Fünf im Urwald was his first gig. He was 23 at the time, playing an 18 year old.
At around 50 minutes, the two mothers quickly introduce the allowance of using “du” with each other. This is one of few educational moments of the film.
This film has some moments of excessive drinking, mild drug use, and inappropriate jokes, which are visually obvious. Discussions about teenage sex are had throughout the film. While there is no sex scene, at 34 minutes, there is an attempt by a young man. Potente’s character stops his advances. Shortly thereafter, there appears to be the effects of drug use in a club. About 40 minutes in, a young man walks into the scene nude. 58 minutes in, the parents roll and smoke a joint. An hour and 14 minutes in, Potente’s character prepares to skinny dip and she is seen nude. Within that minute, the man she’s with attempts to kiss her, and she resists and pushes him away. She’s then seen nude another time as she gets away from him.