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Learning to Lie

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  • Drama
  • Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • teenage crush
  • school trip
  • relationship
  • first time
  • extramarital affair
  • lovesickness
  • germany
  • love letter
  • berlin
  • becoming an adult
  • one-sided love
  • roommate
  • only child
  • berlin wall
  • roommates
  • cologne
  • berlin, germany
  • cologne, germany

Details

Status
Released
Release date
July 2, 2003
Original language
German
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Producer
Maria Köpf
Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Learning to Lie (2003) | Kinocult