---
title: 'Life is All You Get (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Becker'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-is-all-you-get-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119510/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Life is All You Get (1997)

1997 · 115 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Germany

Original title: Das Leben ist eine Baustelle

## Synopsis

Life Is All You Get is a 1997 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. Joe Leydon of Variety praised the film as "an extremely engaging tale of life and love in a city where everything appears to be in a state of flux", and described it as "a smartly written and sharply observed comedy-drama. At its frequent best, pic has a fresh and larky charm that's reminiscent of fondly remembered French New Wave romances."

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Stefan Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-arndt)
- **Director:** [Wolfgang Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-becker-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-becker-2), [Tom Tykwer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-tykwer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jürgen Knieper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-knieper)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Kukula](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kukula)
- **Editor:** [Patricia Rommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-rommel)

## Cast

- [Anja Krabbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anja-krabbe)
- [Frank Kessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-kessler)
- [Ricky Tomlinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricky-tomlinson) as Buddy
- [Frank Köbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-kobe)
- [Carmen-Maja Antoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-maja-antoni)
- [Richy Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/richy-muller)
- [Martina Gedeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/martina-gedeck) as Lilo
- [Armin Rohde](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-rohde) as Harri
- [Raymond Tarabay](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-tarabay)
- [Ingeborg Westphal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborg-westphal)
- [Andreas Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-schmidt)
- [Andreja Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreja-schneider)
- [Stefan Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-arndt)
- [Tom Spieß](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-spie)
- [Gundula Petrovska](https://cinepixo.com/people/gundula-petrovska)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-is-all-you-get-1997
Film facts: Wikidata (Q320318); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.