Dessau Dancers (2014)
In the summer of 1985, an American movie also ignites young people in the GDR: "Beatstreet" ensures full cinemas and subsequently a new phenomenon in the streets - breakdancing! The 18-year-old Frank is electrified and founds the "Break Beaters" with like-minded friends in Dessau. The troupe dances on the streets and soon forms the spearhead of the breakdance movement in the GDR. But sooner than they would have liked, the street dancers came to the attention of the state. And they like to keep control over the leisure activities of their youth. Because what the GDR cannot ban, it tries to control - ergo the project must become socialist! So breakdancing becomes "acrobatic show dancing" and the "Break Beaters" are built up as a showcase troupe, sent around the country and soon celebrated like rock stars. But fame comes at a price and Frank slowly realizes that the price is pretty high.
Director:
Jan Martin Scharf
Writer:
Ruth Toma
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Sonja Gerhardt as Matti |
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Wolfgang Stumph as Meinhardt |
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Hilmar Eichhorn as Liebert |
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Wolfgang Lippert as er selbst |
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Rainer Bock as Hartmann Dietz |
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Gordon Kämmerer as Frank Satzke |
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Oliver Konietzny as Alex |
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Arved Birnbaum as Walter Satzke |
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Godehard Giese as Buchner |
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Sebastian Jaeger as Michel |
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Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Renate Fuchs |
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Bernd Stegemann as Rasche |
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Lukas Steltner as |
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Maximilian Wohlfahrt as Tim |
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Patrick Wudtke as Bastian |
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Henning Peker as Vopo |
| Directing | Jan Martin Scharf | Director |
| Writing | Ruth Toma | Screenplay |
| Crew | Christina Bentlage | Thanks |
| Writing | Janna Velber | Story |
| Crew | Jan Delay | Thanks |
| Writing | Jan Martin Scharf | Story |
| Production | Janna Velber | Producer |
| Camera | Felix Novo de Oliveira | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marc Collin | Original Music Composer |
