Directed by:
Leo KhasinScreenplay:
Leo KhasinCast:
Ryszard Ronczewski, Fritz Roth, Anna Böttcher, Gode Benedix, Margret Völker, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Wiebke Puls, Neil Malik Abdullah, Aliya Artuc, Joachim Nimtz (more)Plots(1)
Growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp, 14-year-old Ali Messalam learned to hate Jews at an early age. After escaping Lebanon, he and his family end up in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Here, he tries to fit in and longs for nothing more than to be accepted by his fellow Arab youths. But to gain this recognition, he has to prove himself. In a test of courage, he breaks into the apartment of his Russian neighbor Alexander Zamskoy, an 84-year-old Jewish WWII veteran. But Ali's "friends" follow him into the apartment and vandalize the old man's home with abandon. Alexander only recognizes Ali when he returns home earlier than expected and reports him to the police. To avoid being sentenced and deported, Ali is forced to seek out closeness to his enemy … (Zlín Film Festival)
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Ryszard Ronczewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
The Wedding Day (2021)
Canal (1957)
Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Anna Böttcher
West Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Goethe! (2010)
The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King (2017)
Gode Benedix
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Margret Völker
West Germany
Best movies:
Off Beat (2004)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Kida Khodr Ramadan
Lebanon
Best movies:
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Phantom Pain (2009)
Wiebke Puls
West Germany
Best movies:
My Life in Orange (2011)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Neil Malik Abdullah
Austria
Best movies:
The Angel (2018)
Ein Tick anders (2011)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Aliya Artuc
Best movies:
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Joachim Nimtz
East Germany
Best movies:
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
Yella (2007)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Heinz W. Krückeberg
German Empire
Best movies:
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film (2008)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Sanam Afrashteh
West Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer (2011)
Robert Spitz
Best movies:
Pizza und Marmelade (2008)
Werner – Beinhart! (1990)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Mathias Schöningh
West Germany
Victor Choulman
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Cemal Subaşı
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
Peter Kollmann
Best movies:
Frühling (2011) (series)