This Ain't California
This Ain't California

This Ain't California

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

August 15, 201293 min★ 6.4DE
DocumentaryHistoryAnimation

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

Kai Hillebrand
Kai HillebrandDenis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David Nathan
David NathanAdult Nico (uncredited)
Nora Decker
Nora DeckerTeenager Hexe (uncredited)
Lea Wolfram
Lea WolframDoreen (uncredited)
Titus Dittmann
Titus DittmannSelf - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker
Erich HoneckerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina Witt
Katarina WittSelf - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl
Helmut KohlSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Bill ClintonSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard SchröderSelf - Politician (archive footage)