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This Ain't California

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6.5/10 • 29

2012-08-151h 33m

DocumentaryHistoryAnimation

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

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.

Directors
Marten Persiel
Writters
Ira Wedel
Editors
Ira Wedel, Toni Froschhammer

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Kai Hillebrand

    Kai Hillebrand

    Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)

  2. David Nathan

    David Nathan

    Adult Nico (uncredited)

  3. Nora Decker

    Nora Decker

    Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

  4. Lea Wolfram

    Lea Wolfram

    Doreen (uncredited)

  5. Titus Dittmann

    Titus Dittmann

    Self - Businessman (uncredited)

  6. Erich Honecker

    Erich Honecker

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  7. Katarina Witt

    Katarina Witt

    Self - Sportswoman (archive footage)

  8. Helmut Kohl

    Helmut Kohl

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  9. Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

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tmdb872652

Sep 29, 2013

0.5/10

The fact that this is fictional and director Marten Persiel claiming to have contacted Denis Paniceck (which is only a fictional character) is more than shady."I've met Denis several times and interviewed him".1 This is absolutely in-acceptable. This is not a documentation about anything. It's a fictional piece of work about a certain time in eastern Germany. This is not clearly displayed to the viewer. And claiming to have contacted that fictional character, said to have died 2011 in Afghanistan, but the "deutsche Bundeswehr" saying that no one with that name ever died in Afghanistan + not displaying the names of the actors playing the fake characters in the end of the movie, just add to the picture, that this film has collected more fame than it has actually deserved by claiming to be something, that it actually is not. It turns out everything is fictional.2 1 http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/kultur/filmbildung/142345/interview-mit-marten-persiel-und-ronald-vietz 2 http://www.welt.de/print/weltkompakt/vermischtes/article120358706/Der-Skater-den-es-nie-gab.html More info: http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/kultur/filmbildung/142342/this-ain-t-california-ein-skater-maerchen

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
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Revenue
$135,929.00
Keywords
skateboardingberlin wallgerman democratic republic1970sextreme sportsmale friendshipmockumentary1980s1990spolitical repressionsoviet union history2000ssemi-fiction2010s