This Ain't California

This Ain't California

2012
1h 33m
6.5

6.5/10

29 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary History Animation

"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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $135,929

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Wildfremd Production ARTE MDR RBB
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

skateboarding berlin wall german democratic republic 1970s extreme sports male friendship mockumentary 1980s 1990s political repression soviet union history 2000s semi-fiction 2010s

Quick Facts

Release Date August 15, 2012
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt2113090

Cast

Kai Hillebrand
Kai Hillebrand

Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)

David Nathan
David Nathan

Adult Nico (uncredited)

Nora Decker
Nora Decker

Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

Lea Wolfram
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)

Key Crew

Ira Wedel
Writer
Marten Persiel
Director
Ronald Vietz
Producer
Michael Schöbel
Producer