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201293 minDocumentary, History, Animation

This Ain't California

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Is This Ain't California worth watching? With a rating of 6.5/10, this Documentary, History, Animation film is a must-watch hit for fans of the genre. Read on for our detailed analysis and user reviews.

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This Ain't California Synopsis

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.

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Top Cast

Kai Hillebrand
Kai HillebrandDenis 'Panik' Paraceck (uncredited)
David Nathan
David NathanAdult Nico (uncredited)
Nora Decker
Nora DeckerTeenager Hexe (uncredited)
Lea Wolfram
Lea WolframDoreen (uncredited)
Titus Dittmann
Titus DittmannSelf - Businessman (uncredited)
Erich Honecker
Erich HoneckerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Katarina Witt
Katarina WittSelf - Sportswoman (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl
Helmut KohlSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Bill ClintonSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard SchröderSelf - Politician (archive footage)

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This Ain't California has received mixed reviews with a 6.5/10 rating. It might be worth watching if you're a fan of Documentary, History, Animation movies.

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This Ain't California has received average ratings (6.5/10), performing moderately with audiences.

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Critic Reviews

tmdb872652Sep 29, 2013
★ 0.5

The fact that this is fictional and director Marten Persiel claiming to have contacted Denis Paniceck (which is only a fictional character) is more than shady."I've met Denis several times and interviewed him".[1] This is absolutely in-acceptable. This is not a documentation about anything. It's a fictional piece of work about a certain time in eastern Germany. This is not clearly displayed to the viewer. And claiming to have contacted that fictional character, said to have died 2011 in Afghanistan, but the "deutsche Bundeswehr" saying that no one with that name ever died in Afghanistan + not displaying the names of the actors playing the fake characters in the end of the movie, just add to the picture, that this film has collected more fame than it has actually deserved by claiming to be something, that it actually is not. It turns out everything is fictional.[2] **[1]** http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/kultur/filmbildung/142345/interview-mit-marten-persiel-und-ronald-vietz **[2]** http://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/vermischtes/article120358706/Der-Skater-den-es-nie-gab.html More info: http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/kultur/filmbildung/142342/this-ain-t-california-ein-skater-maerchen