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This Ain't California

B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…
Aug 15, 2012 · 1h 33m
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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.

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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)
Directed by Marten Persiel

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Status
Released
Original language
DE
Budget
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Revenue
$135,929
Production
Wildfremd Production, ARTE, MDR, RBB
Country
DE

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