This Ain't California

B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…

  • Rated 6.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2012
  • 1h 33m
  • Documentary
  • History
  • Animation

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
Starring
Kai Hillebrand, David Nathan, Nora Decker, Lea Wolfram

Cast

  • Kai Hillebrand

    Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)

  • David Nathan

    David Nathan

    Adult Nico (uncredited)

  • Nora Decker

    Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

  • Lea Wolfram

    Doreen (uncredited)

  • Titus Dittmann

    Titus Dittmann

    Self - Businessman (uncredited)

  • Erich Honecker

    Erich Honecker

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  • Katarina Witt

    Katarina Witt

    Self - Sportswoman (archive footage)

  • Helmut Kohl

    Helmut Kohl

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  • Gerhard Schröder

    Gerhard Schröder

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

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