Don't Be A Stranger
Seventeen-year-old Charles from New York is supposed to do an exchange with a family of musicians in Berlin at the request of his two mothers. But instead of ending up in the capital, Charles finds himself in the depths of the Black Forest, where Western fan and gun enthusiast Fränk runs a cattle farm, living his very own dream of freedom and adventure. Charles is confronted with an image of America that is completely foreign to him, and he wants only one thing: to get away!
Director: Robert Thalheim
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Salimou Thiam as Charles |
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Sascha Alexander Geršak as Fränk |
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Katharina Behrens as Susanne |
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Ludger Bökelmann as Jakob |
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Sonja Weißer as Kim |
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Susanne Bredehöft as |
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Waldemar Kobus as |
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Joel Basman as |
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Felician Hohnloser as |
| Camera | Henner Besuch | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Robert Thalheim | Director |
| Writing | Robert Thalheim | Writer |
| Production | Robert Thalheim | Producer |
| Production | Matthias Miegel | Producer |
| Art | Cosima Vellenzer | Set Designer |
| Production | Andreas Banz | Producer |
| Production | Jasmin Saunders | Producer |
| Production | Charlotte Selbach | Producer |
| Crew | Stefanie Groß | Editorial Staff |
| Crew | Daniela Muck | Editorial Staff |