This Ain't California

Marten Persiel
2012-08-15

B-boy rebellion, communism, skateboarding, the Stasi…
6.466
93 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Kai Hillebrand Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited) Unowned
David Nathan Adult Nico (uncredited) Unowned
Nora Decker Teenager Hexe (uncredited) Unowned
Lea Wolfram Doreen (uncredited) Unowned
Titus Dittmann Self - Businessman (uncredited) Unowned
Erich Honecker Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Katarina Witt Self - Sportswoman (archive footage) Unowned
Helmut Kohl Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Bill Clinton Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Gerhard Schröder Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned