Life in Berlin is pulsing after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Michael Ruge is also magically drawn to the metropolis. He gets a job as bouncer at one of the most popular clubs in Berlin-Mitte. Here he not only deals with gang bosses, but also becomes acquainted with the unforeseen sexual liberality of Berlin’s nightlife. It’s the 1990s, Berlin is hip, there are countless illegal clubs, and people are in a frenzy. It is only when the excessive goings-on in his close circle of friends takes its toll that Michael Ruge draws the line. Große Freiheit Mitte is the glittering portrait of the legendary Berlin nightlife in the post-wall period – a whirling era that established the reputation of current-day Berlin.
