This Ain't California

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

This Ain't California — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 15, 2012
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History, Animation
• Director
• Marten Persiel

This Ain't California — Cast

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Kai Hillebrand Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited) David Nathan Adult Nico (uncredited)

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Nora Decker Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

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Lea Wolfram Doreen (uncredited) Titus Dittmann Self - Businessman (uncredited) Erich Honecker Self - Politician (archive footage) Katarina Witt Self - Sportswoman (archive footage) Helmut Kohl Self - Politician (archive footage)