This Ain't California

This Ain't California (2012) is a documentary, history film directed by Marten Persiel rated 6.5/10.

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.

Cast

Kai Hillebrand

Denis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)

David Nathan

Adult Nico (uncredited)

Nora Decker

Teenager Hexe (uncredited)

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)

Bill Clinton

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Gerhard Schröder

Self - Politician (archive footage)