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This Ain't California (2012)

NR · 2012-08-15 · 1h 33m · DE
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B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…

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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Marten PersielDirectorMarten PersielWriterIra WedelWriter

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Kai HillebrandKai HillebrandDenis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)David NathanDavid NathanAdult Nico (uncredited)Alexander Fabian LanglotzAlexander Fabian LanglotzTeenager Nico (uncredited)Tina BartelTina BartelAdult Hexe (uncredited)Nora DeckerNora DeckerTeenager Hexe (uncredited)Gotti GottschildGotti GottschildAdult Dirk (uncredited)Lea WolframLea WolframDoreen (uncredited)Titus DittmannTitus DittmannHimself - Businessman (uncredited)Erich HoneckerErich HoneckerHimself - Politician (archive footage)Katarina WittKatarina WittHerself - Sportswoman (archive footage)Luděk VášaLuděk VášaHimself - Sportsman (archive footage)Helmut KohlHelmut KohlHimself - Politician (archive footage)

Keywords

1980s21st centuryMockumentary1990sMale friendshipExtreme sports2000s1970s2010sSkateboardingBerlin wallGerman democratic republicPolitical repressionSoviet union historySemi-fiction

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Genre affinityAnimation · History · DocumentaryTheme affinity1980s · 21st Century · MockumentaryVisual styleAnimationDirector preference1133567Actor preference172223 · 617825 · 1009908Country preferenceDe

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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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This Ain't California has a runtime of 93 minutes.

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