Men in the City (; literally "Men's Hearts") is a 2009 German comedy film directed by Simon Verhoeven with Christian Ulmen, Nadja Uhl and Wotan Wilke Möhring. The film was followed by in 2011. Plot Five men attend the same gym in Berlin. None of them seem to have anything in common, but all five have not enough confidence to meet or develop relationships with the opposite sex, and what it really means to be a man or what women expect of them. Günther Stobanski (Christian Ulmen) fails with Internet dating, music producer Jerome Ades (Til Schweiger) passes from a sentimental break-up story to another. Train driver Roland Feldberg (Wotan Wilke Möhring) snubs his wife Susanne Feldberg (Nadja Uhl). The girlfriend of Philip Henrion (Maxim Mehmet) becomes pregnant at a young age. Niklas Michalke (Florian David Fitz) is terrified by his impending marriage, while the singer Bruce Berger (Justus von Dohnányi) tries to pursue his singing career. Cast Christian Ulmen as Günther Stobanski Wotan Wilke Möhring as Roland Feldberg, a railroad engineer Nadja Uhl as Susanne Feldberg, Roland's wife Til Schweiger as Jerome Ades, a music producer Maxim Mehmet as Philip Henrion Florian David Fitz as Niklas Michalke Jana Pallaske as Nina Hellmich Justus von Dohnányi as Bruce Berger, a singer Inez Bjørg David as Maria Hellström Liane Forestieri as Laura Sandner Fritz Karl as Martin Fahri Yardım as Loco Palina Rojinski as Sabrina Silver Birge Schade as Pflegerin Beate Carl Heinz Choynski as Vater Feldberg Bastian Pastewka as Father Dennis Gansel as Lars Themes The main theme of the film is the search for love and happiness, and the fear of being alone, but love is a battlefield and it's worth fighting for the woman you love. Production Men in the city was financed by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Gmbh Film and German Federal Film Board Film Financier, and filmed in Berlin, Germany. Writing and production credits Simon Verhoeven – film director and screenwriter Jo Heim – director of photography Quirin Berg – film producer Max Wiedemann – film producer Stefan Essl – editor Silke Faber – costume designer Thomas Stammer – production designer Anja Dihrberg – casting Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion Gmbh & Co. kg – production company Warner Bros. Pictures Germany – film studio Release Men in the city was first released in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland on 8 October 2009. The film was screened on 23 October 2010