The Crocodiles
6.2
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member...
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3 films
Cast
23 people
Nick Romeo Reimann
Hannes
Known for
The Wild Soccer Bunch 4
Turkish for Beginners
Leonie Tepe
Maria
Also in
Taco und Kaninchen
Neue Adresse Paradies
Fabian Halbig
Kai
Also in
Zurich
The Blind Spot
Manuel Steitz
Olli
Also in
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Herr Bello
David Hürten
Frank
Known for
Blood Red Sky
Javidan Imani
Jorgo
Also in
The Black Brothers
Robin Walter
Peter
Also in
Polizeiruf 110
Nicolas Schinseck
Elvis
Also in
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
Nora Tschirner
Hannes' mother
Known for
Rabbit Without Ears 2
Wonderfully Beautiful
Maria Schrader
Kai's mother
Known for
Deutschland
Aimée & Jaguar
Smudo
Kai's father
Also in
Dirty Little Secrets
TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Wave
Christian Ditter Director · Martin Ritzenhoff Writer Max von der Grün Author
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $5M · United States release October 10, 2010
Box office
Budget
$4,980,190
Worldwide gross
$4,628,777
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Constantin Film
Production
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Production
Westside Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Vorstadtkrokodile
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 26, 2009
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 2010
Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
Austria
March 27, 2009 · Theatrical
France
January 18, 2012 · Digital · VOD
March 11, 2020 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
October 8, 2009 · Physical · DVD premiere
Poland
April 30, 2010 · TV
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