This Ain't California (2013)

  • NR
  • 02/09/2013 (US)
  • Documentary, History, Animation
  • 1h 33m

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

Overview

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.

Marten Persiel

Director

Ira Wedel

Writer

Cast

Kai Hillebrand's headshot

Kai Hillebrand

Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David Nathan's headshot

David Nathan

Adult Nico (uncredited)
Nora Decker's headshot

Nora Decker

Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
Lea Wolfram's headshot

Lea Wolfram

Doreen (uncredited)
Titus Dittmann's headshot

Titus Dittmann

Himself - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker's headshot

Erich Honecker

Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina Witt's headshot

Katarina Witt

Herself - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl's headshot

Helmut Kohl

Himself - Politician (archive footage)

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