MOVIE
This Ain't California
“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.
Release / first air2012-08-15
Original languageDE
GenresDocumentary, History, Animation
DirectorMarten Persiel
WriterIra Wedel
BudgetNot available
Revenue$135,929
ProductionWildfremd Production, ARTE
Cast & Crew
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Kai HillebrandDenis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David NathanAdult Nico (uncredited)Nora DeckerTeenager Hexe (uncredited)Lea WolframDoreen (uncredited)
Titus DittmannSelf - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich HoneckerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina WittSelf - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut KohlSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Gerhard SchröderSelf - Politician (archive footage)Keywords
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