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Summary
BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 59GoodWatch 59
Audience score62%
IMDb5.6
Running time
1 h 50 min
A typical length for comedies, +10 min on the typical 100
typical 100110Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2013
January 10, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more22 people
- Matthias SchweighöferPaul Voigt
- Milan PeschelToto Kuhlmann
- Nadja UhlKatharina Dreher
- Anna BederkeSarah Voigt
- Heiner LauterbachGeorg Adler
- Catherine de LéanNathalie Bernier
- Genija RykovaVanessa Lindner
- Gennadi VengerovVater Sokolow
Manuela WisbeckGabriele Becher
Bejo DohmenAgenturmitarbeiter
Richard van WeydenDr. Husemann
Tom BeckTrauzeuge
Gitta SchweighöferMutter Sokolow
Michael SchweighöferOberkommissar Micha
Detlev BuckPfarrer
Richy MüllerGünter Schmitz
Jacob MatschenzSteffen
Tim SanderFahrer Agentur
Nele KiperSonja
Henni NachtsheimRezeptionist Frank
Alina LevshinOlga
Katharina M. SchubertBirgit
Directing · 2
- Matthias Schweighöfer Director, Producer
- Torsten Künstler Director
Writing · 1
- Doron Wisotzky Writer
Production · 4
- Dan Maag Producer
- Marco Beckmann Producer
- Franziska Aigner Casting
- Emrah Ertem Casting
Camera · 1
- Bernhard Jasper Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Stefan Essl Editor
Sound · 2
- Andrej Melita Original Music Composer
- Peter Horn Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Christian Eisele Production Design
- Christoph Merg Set Decoration
- Christian Pralle Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Katharina Schnelting Costume Design
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