This Ain't California
“B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…”
2012•NR•1h 33m•6.5•Released
DocumentaryHistoryAnimation
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.
Director
Marten Persiel
Writer
Ira Wedel
Revenue
$0M
Languages
German
Studio
Wildfremd Production
Cast
Kai Hillebrand
Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David Nathan
Adult Nico (uncredited)
Nora Decker
Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
Lea Wolfram
Doreen (uncredited)
Titus Dittmann
Self - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina Witt
Self - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Production
Company
Wildfremd Production
Company
ARTE
Company
MDR
Company
RBB
Producer
Michael Schöbel
Producer
Ronald Vietz
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