Directed by:
Peter WelzComposer:
Bert WredeCast:
Florian Lukas, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Paul Berndt, Rolf Peter Kahl, Peter Prager, Astrid Meyerfeldt, Alexander Schubert, Jörg Panknin, Christian Kuchenbuch, Herbert Olschok, Kurt Naumann, Peter Welz (more)Plots(1)
East Berlin, 1978. Thomas is an apprentice toolmaker, Michael is a high school student. Thomas’ father is a labourer, while Michael’s is a dramatic consultant at the Volksbühne theatre. The two teenagers are at odds with their fathers and authorities like the foreman and the school principal. They rebel against the paternalistic system that gives young people no room to develop, and demands conformity. When Michael’s father pronounces a play to be “subversive” and it actually turns out to denounce youth culture, Thomas protests openly. That brings the East German secret police, the Stasi, into play. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Florian Lukas
East Germany
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
When We Leave (2010)
Cross of Honour (2012)
Ernst-Georg Schwill
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Strange Gardens (2003)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Paul Berndt
German Empire
Best movies:
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
Der geteilte Himmel (1964)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Rolf Peter Kahl
East Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Calling (2008)
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Deadly Maria (1993)
Peter Prager
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
Astrid Meyerfeldt
East Germany
Best movies:
Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (2003) (music video)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Alexander Schubert
East Germany
Best movies:
Gundermann (2018)
Forwards Ever! (2017)
Traumfrauen (2015)
Jörg Panknin
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Lange Ritt zur Schule (1982)
Russendisko (2012)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Christian Kuchenbuch
East Germany
Best movies:
A Regular Woman (2019)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Cut Off (2018)
Herbert Olschok
East Germany
Best movies:
Unknown (2011)
Summer in Berlin (2005)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Kurt Naumann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Architects (1990)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Peter Welz
East Germany
Sven Lehmann
East Germany
Best movies:
23 (1998)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
The Promise (1995)
Karin Mikityla
Best movies:
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Bärbel Bolle
German Empire
Anita Herbst
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Das Licht der Liebe (1991)
Michael Klobe
East Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Aber Doktor (1979) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ronald M. Schernikau
East Germany