Director: Christel Buschmann
Script: Christel Buschmann
Photography: Mike Gast
Editor: Nani Schumann
Music: Mona Mur
Sound: Willi Krollpfeifer
Principal Cast: Jutta Jenthe, Inge Buhmann, Ulrich Tukur, Mila Köpcke, Peter Kabel, Monika Hase, Claudia Gonzáles, Carol Gaier, Andrea Eugen, Nico, Joey Buschmann, Winfried Bornemann, Stefan Blaich, Stefan Aust, Achmed Akcicek, Zazie de Paris
Producer: Luggi Waldleitner
Production Managers: Joey Buschmann, Michael Müller
Executive Producer: Renée Gundelach
Production: Roxy-Film GmbH & Co.KG
Distribution Germany: Filmverlag der Autoren
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First Broadcast Germany: 30.06.1988
Selected Filmography Christel Buschmann: Gibbi - Westgermany, 1980; Comeback, 1982; Auf immer und ewig, 1986; Felix, 1988.
Nico's last film appearance. She sings "All Tomorrow's Parties", "König" (King) and "Purple Lips" while she wanders about Ballhaus Barmbek. The Ballhaus is a meeting point for lonely hearts, bohemians, mavericks, and total failures in life, located in the midst of the Hamburg borough that bears the same name. Acquaintances are still initiated via table-top telephones here, there are illuminated panels calling for ladies' invitations, and plush seats to sink back into. In her portrayals of the individual fortunes of the protagonists, director Christel Buschmann sketches a picture of a society with increasing isolation that is full of hapless romantics. Nico is joined on screen by an illustrious crowd of Hamburg actresses and actors, musicians, and travesty artists – those who look closely might make out Stefan Aust among the visitors.