This Ain't California (2012)

This Ain't California (2012)

B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi… 2012-08-15 Germany 93 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Kai Hillebrand is Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David Nathan is Adult Nico (uncredited)
Adult Nico (uncredited)
Nora Decker is Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
Lea Wolfram is Doreen (uncredited)
Doreen (uncredited)
Titus Dittmann is Himself - Businessman (uncredited)
Himself - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker is Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina Witt is Herself - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Herself - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl is Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton is Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder is Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)