Directed by:
Alain GsponerScreenplay:
Alex BureschCinematography:
Matthias FleischerComposer:
Max RichterCast:
Daniel Brühl, Hannah Herzsprung, Henry Hübchen, Kirsten Block, Peter Schneider, Henriette Müller, Richard Sammel, Oliver Bröcker, Anna Maria Mühe (more)Plots(1)
David Kern is the perfect waiter, since he stays in the background and never attracts attention. Therefore it's not surprising that the attractive literature student Marie hardly takes note of him when she and her clique come to the "Café Esquina" to talk about literature. The shy young waiter is hopelessly in love with Marie and wants to win her heart at any cost. Then luck comes to his aid. At a flea market, David buys a bedside table and discovers in the drawer a manuscript entitled "Sophie, Sophie". This story of a hopeless love affair gives him an idea. If the novel moves him so much, then it should also move Marie. Pretending the manuscript is his, he gives it to her to read and asks her for her professional opinion. A little lie with fateful consequences ... Marie is thrilled with the story and immediately falls in love with the apparently talented and sensitive David. The two become a couple, but what David doesn't know is that Marie has secretly sent the manuscript to a publisher, who promptly wants to print it. Before he even realizes it, David has become the shooting star of the literary scene. His first work, now called "Lila, Lila", is celebrated as the end of the post-modern literary era – yet David has no idea what they are talking about. Disaster looms when Jacky, a seedy-looking man, shows up at an autograph session claiming to be the real author of "Lila, Lila" ... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Daniel Brühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061154_6ab18f.png)
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Hannah Herzsprung](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278660_acac5c.jpg)
Hannah Herzsprung
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
![Henry Hübchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/599/158599182_5d6c0d.jpg)
Henry Hübchen
Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)
![Kirsten Block](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/189/169189119_6a2jna.jpg)
Kirsten Block
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
The Book Thief (2013)
![Peter Schneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/739/168739378_gmxcxr.jpg)
Peter Schneider
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
System Crasher (2019)
Berlin Calling (2008)
Henriette Müller
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Calling (2008)
Tough Enough (2006)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
![Richard Sammel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217108_ab2b00.jpg)
Richard Sammel
West Germany
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Casino Royale (2006)
![Oliver Bröcker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/247/160247570_035298.jpg)
Oliver Bröcker
Best movies:
Off Beat (2004)
Free Fall (2013)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
![Anna Maria Mühe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790570_xlfwtj.jpg)
Anna Maria Mühe
East Germany
Best movies:
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
Family Rules (2007)
![Godehard Giese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/731/168731716_44ypfa.jpg)
Godehard Giese
West Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Match (2012)
The Book Thief (2013)
![Eva Löbau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/200/159200085_5abf16.jpg)
Eva Löbau
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
![Simon Eckert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/300/161300091_ba0c30.jpg)
Simon Eckert
East Germany
Best movies:
Offroad (2012)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
All of a Sudden (2016)
![Maria Mägdefrau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/450/159450588_b1fdeb.jpg)
Maria Mägdefrau
German Empire
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
The Crimson Ocean (2008) (TV movie)
![Alexander Khuon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165343_faf925.jpg)
Alexander Khuon
West Germany
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Lara (2019)
Nö (2021)
![Stefan Ruppe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/275/160275760_018914.jpg)
Stefan Ruppe
West Germany
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Opa, ledig, jung (2015) (TV movie)
Im Netz (2013) (TV movie)
![Silvina Buchbauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/201/161201912_4323cf.jpg)
Silvina Buchbauer
Austria
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
![Lutz Blochberger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/037/169037927_ncd7ax.jpg)
Lutz Blochberger
East Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Frantz (2016)
That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
![Torsten Michaelis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/665/160665330_8e72b4.jpg)
Torsten Michaelis
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Frantz (2016)
Christof Düro
West Germany
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
The Door (2009)
Im Namen meines Sohnes (2015) (TV movie)
Prodromos Antoniadis
Best movies:
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Faust (2011)
Tatort (1970) (series)