This Ain't California

This Ain't California

93 mins | Documentary, Animation, History | Aug. 15, 2012

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.

This Ain't California

93 mins | Documentary, Animation, History | Aug. 15, 2012

This Ain't California
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ARTE, MDR, RBB, Wildfremd Production
Original title This Ain't California
Directors Manuel Siebert, Marten Persiel
Writers Ira Wedel, Marten Persiel

Cast

Kai Hillebrand

as Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)

David Nathan

as Adult Nico (uncredited)

Nora Decker

as Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

Lea Wolfram

as Doreen (uncredited)

Titus Dittmann

as Himself - Businessman (uncredited)

Erich Honecker

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Katarina Witt

as Herself - Sportswoman (archive footage)

Helmut Kohl

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Gerhard Schröder

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)