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.
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Cast
10 people
Kai Hillebrand
Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
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David Nathan
Adult Nico (uncredited)
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Grenze
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Nora Decker
Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
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Heute oder morgen
Lea Wolfram
Doreen (uncredited)
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Effigy: Poison and the City
Nemez
Titus Dittmann
Self - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Palast der Republik – Haus des Volkes
Kommunist
Katarina Witt
Self - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Known for
Ronin
Helmut Kohl
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Kanzler, Krisen, Koalitionen
Bill Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Endgame in Ireland
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Gerhard Schröder
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Out of service? The Gerhard Schröder story
Kanzler, Krisen, Koalitionen
Marten Persiel Director · Ira Wedel Writer Lars Damm Composer
Worldwide gross $136K · United States release April 12, 2013 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$135,929
Production
Wildfremd Production
Production
ARTE
Production
MDR
Production
RBB
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 12, 2012
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · August 15, 2012
Theatrical
United States · April 12, 2013
Theatrical
United States
February 9, 2013 · Premiere · Portland International Film Festival
Argentina
September 15, 2012 · Premiere · German Film Festival
Austria
August 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 1, 2012 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark
November 1, 2012 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
September 12, 2013 · Theatrical
France
August 26, 2015 · Theatrical
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
October 1, 2019 · TV · ARTE
Germany
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
October 1, 2019 · TV · ARTE
Italy
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
Poland
October 16, 2012 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
Spain
March 7, 2015 · Limited theatrical
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
Sweden
December 2, 2012 · Premiere · Stockholm German Films Go North!
March 6, 2013 · Premiere · Tempo Documentary Festival
United Kingdom
April 21, 2013 · Premiere · Bradford International Film Festival
December 6, 2013 · Theatrical
October 1, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
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