This Ain't California 2012
7.3 / 10
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.
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
Full Cast & Crew... Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
... Adult Nico (uncredited)
ND
Nora Decker... Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
LW
Lea Wolfram... Doreen (uncredited)
... Himself - Businessman (uncredited)
... Himself - Politician (archive footage)
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See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by tmdb872652
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/welt_kompakt/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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Release Date:
Aug 15, 2012 (Germany)
Run Time:
1hr 33`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
German
Production Countries:
Germany
Status:
Released
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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/welt_kompakt/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
Cast & Crew of
This Ain't California
Directors & Credit Writers
... First Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
... Adult Nico (uncredited)
ND
Nora Decker... Teenager Hexe (uncredited)
LW
Lea Wolfram... Doreen (uncredited)
... Himself - Businessman (uncredited)
... Himself - Politician (archive footage)
... Herself - Sportswoman (archive footage)
... Himself - Politician (archive footage)
... Himself - Politician (archive footage)
... Himself - Politician (archive footage)
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