Als wir träumten (2015)
Directed by Andreas Dresen

Drama
aka: As We Were Dreaming

Film Synopsis

Since the Berlin Wall came down, life in East Germany has never been more uncertain - nor more exciting, at least for the younger generation.  In the early 1990s, Dani, Mark, Rico, Paul and Pitbull are five rebellious teenagers living in one of the rundown neighbourhoods of Leipzig who intend grasping every opportunity that comes their way after the collapse of Communism.  Lovers of techno music, they intend converting a disused factory into a night club, but their plans are threatened by the gang of drugs trafficking neo-Nazis who rule the roost in this part of town...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Andreas Dresen
  • Script: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Clemens Meyer (novel)
  • Photo: Michael Hammon
  • Cast: Merlin Rose (Dani), Julius Nitschkoff (Rico), Joel Basman (Mark), Marcel Heuperman (Pitbull), Frederic Haselon (Paul), Ruby O. Fee (Sternchen), Chiron Elias Krase (Dani, 13), Luna Rösner (Katja, 13), Tom von Heymann (Rico, 13), Nico Ramon Kleemann (Mark, 13), Kilian Enzweiler (Pitbull, 13), Henning Tadäus Beeck (Paul, 13)
  • Country: Germany / France
  • Language: German
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Aka: As We Were Dreaming

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