Directed by:
Jan Martin ScharfScreenplay:
Ruth TomaCinematography:
Felix Novo de OliveiraComposer:
Marc CollinCast:
Sonja Gerhardt, Gordon Kämmerer, Oliver Konietzny, Wolfgang Stumph, Hilmar Eichhorn, Arved Birnbaum, Rainer Bock, Christian Erdmann, Godehard Giese (more)Plots(1)
It's 1985 in the city of Dessau, East Germany, where the "break dance" fever engulfs not only 18-year-old Frank, but his friends as well. At first, the government regime monitors them in suspicion. But when the communist government realizes that they can't stop them, they try to exploit them to their advantage. They give break dance a new name, "acrobatic dance show", and put them in category B, which authorises the dancers to take part at the National Theater and on TV shows. The government begins using them for propaganda purposes and to drive breakdance from the streets. Our main heroes, however, remain faithful to their roots and agree to a dance battle. They get arrested, but they are still under government protection – and they've got propaganda to make. The dancers grow disenchanted with the abuse and thus decide to protest against it. And where else but on the famous TV show Ein Kessel Buntes. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Sonja Gerhardt
West Germany
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Gordon Kämmerer
East Germany
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Oliver Konietzny
West Germany
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Wolfgang Stumph
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Hilmar Eichhorn
East Germany
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Arved Birnbaum
East Germany
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Rainer Bock
West Germany
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Christian Erdmann
East Germany
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Godehard Giese
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Sebastian Jäger
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Ramona Kunze-Libnow
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Bernd Stegemann
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Lukas Steltner
East Germany
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Thomas Gottschalk
West Germany
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Nicoline Schubert
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