An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two young men from a small town, and a cuckolded policeman from the sticks all find their way to Berlin on May Day, where, in the district of Kreuzberg, emotions come to the boil every year. Little Yavuz is eager to gain recognition and is determined to 'floor a cop' in order to impress his older brother. But then he meets Hary, a onetime member of the student revolts of the late sixties, and things turn out completely differently. Jacob and Pelle from Minden are hell-bent on having a boys' own adventure in the capital. They are a couple of inquisitive tourists cruising for a bruising, drifting aimlessly between sightseeing, their search for the city's best kebab shop and the protest march of the anarchic 'Black Block'. As the ruckus begins, policeman Uwe has problems of quite a different kind. He and his colleague have been assigned to calm the situation in Kreuzberg. But his wife turns unfaithful and he finds himself in the midst of a major personal crisis. Will his colleague's suggestion to seek distraction at a cop-friendly bordello help him out of his doldrums? Four lives, four different stories and predicaments. Four people who each experience their very own May Day, after which nothing will ever be the same.
| Release Date: | Oct 2008 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Cast: | Benjamin Höppner (Uwe), Leonie Brandis (Ingrid), Randy Herbst (Schinken-Raddatz Jr.), Torsten Michaelis (Martin), Hans Löw (Schröder), Maja Schöne (Elke), Thorsten Förster (Policeman #1), Rüdiger Kühmstedt (Policeman #2), Bruno Apitz (Einsatzleiter), Jacob Matschenz (Jacob), Ludwig Trepte ('Pelle' Pelletier), Theo Vadersen (Busfahrer (as Teo Vadersen)), Cemal Subasi (Yavuz), Godehard Giese (Policeman), Oktay Özdemir (Nebi), Ozan Aksu (Bülent (as Ozan Akzu)), Hassan Chahrour (Orhan), Mehmet Subasi (Fikret), Firat Besleyen (Cem), Dagan Süleyman (Can), Hannah Herzsprung (Ratte), Peter Kurth (Hary), Bärbel Schwarz (Spezi), Frank Seppeler (Buddy), Hinnerk Schönemann (Demonstrant), Sinan Akdeniz (Turkish Gang Member), Milot Berisha (Turkish Gang Member), Youssef Chahrour (Turkish Gang Member), Tore Mert (Turkish Gang Member), Engin Özdemir (Turkish Gang Member), Aylin 'Shorty' Firat (Dealerin), Sigo Heinisch (Sveni), Dirk Borchardt (Horsti), Mackie Heilmann (Ramona), Anna Parkina (Performance Girl), Sarah Baumann (Performance Girl), Fabian Schubert (Performance Besucher), Alex Bechberger (Performance Besucher), Christian Röhrs (Performance Besucher), Burak Yigit (Performance Besucher), Murat Yilmaz (Adolf Performance (as Murat Karabey...), Maria Schumanski (Frau in U-Bahn (as Maria Wedig)), Steffen Jürgens (Ramonas Kunde), Annette Baar (Hospital Receptionist (as Annette...), Jonas Pappe (DJ im Club), Sebastian Dasse (DJ im Club), Luise Helm (Mädchen im Club), Judith Hoersch (Mädchen im Club), Marcel Sperling (Türsteher), Jale Arikan (Yavuz's Mother), Michael Kröchert (Sanitäter), Peter Berning (Arzt) |