Learning to Lie
2003 | 87m | German
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Hendrik Handloegten |
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| Writer: | Frank Goosen, Hendrik Handloegten |
| Staring: |
| 18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 02, 2003 |
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| Director: | Hendrik Handloegten |
| Writer: | Frank Goosen, Hendrik Handloegten |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | berlin, germany, berlin wall, lovesickness, cologne, germany, roommates, becoming an adult, first time, love letter, one-sided love, only child, school trip, teenage crush, relationship, extramarital affair |
| Production Companies | X Filme Creative Pool |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Dec 09, 2025 Entered: Dec 09, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fabian Busch | Helmut |
| Susanne Bormann | Britta |
| Fritzi Haberlandt | Gisela |
| Sophie Rois | Barbara |
| Anka Sarstedt | Gloria |
| Birgit Minichmayr | Tina |
| Florian Lukas | Mücke |
| Tino Mewes | Der lange Schäfer |
| Sebastian Münster | Beck |
| Beate Abraham | Helmuts Mutter |
| Wilfried Dziallas | Helmuts Vater |
| Uwe Rohde | Kneipier |
| André Meyer | Rüdiger |
| Jean Pierre Cornu | Professor Mutter |
| Heinz Schubert | Onkel Bertram |
| Mario Krüger | |
| Norbert Stöß | |
| Peter Schrenk |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Goosen | Novel |
| Hendrik Handloegten | Screenplay, Director |
| Yeşim Zolan | Set Designer, Production Design |
| Tom Sternitzke | Production Manager |
| Sabine Schaaf | Set Decoration |
| Lucia Faust | Costume Design |
| Dieter Schleip | Original Music Composer |
| Elena Bromund | Editor |
| Florian Hoffmeister | Director of Photography |
| Nessie Nesslauer | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Maria Köpf | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 637 | 868 |