Taxi drivers eat their breakfast at midnight and emergency doctors meet up for lunch at 4 am.

“Erikas Eck”, an old corner bar close to the Hamburger Schlachthof is still open when most people when everybody is asleep. The bar has very different types of guests: there are quiet and cautious bar visitors but also very loud and shrill ones: A mix of people, across all social classes and branches. And the best thing: it works out perfectly!

Written and directed by Veit Bentlage Director of photography Andreas Stonawski Sound Holger Hohnwald, Sebastian Jung Edited by Andrea Detmer Location Manager Moritz Widmann Producer Stefan Bomhof Executive producer Jörg Kunkel Editorial department Birgit Schanzen (NDR) Head of production Ulrich Lenze Produced for NDR Air date 02/02/2015 » back