The read
It runs a compact 18m.
Synopsis
Leroy is an Afro-German boy who is struggling with notorious bad luck and a national identity crisis. Leroy is cultured and well-mannered and, in a positive sense, more German than many Germans. His girlfriend Eva's brothers are skinheads and befriend him. Together with his best friend Dimmi, a Greek, he strolls through crowded and dirty Berlin to the sound of 70s soul grooves and ponders all the sore points of being German. And then he comes up with the idea of how to defeat fascism....
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Armin VölckersDirector
- Armin VölckersScreenplay
Cast
- Alain MorelLeroy
- Frauke SchönhalsEve
- Mark DimentDimitrios
- Mirco DzienkanskyOberskinhead
- Doris HofmannAntonia
- Paul MaaßHanno
- Hanna SteidelLeroys Mutter
- Errol Trotman-HarewoodLeroys Vater
- Barbara WittmannKünstlerin
Themes
berlin, germanyskinheadright wing extremismxenophobia