Leroy

Sep 27, 2007

1h 29m

★ 5.8

Overview

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Leroy

Alain Morel

Eva

Anna Hausburg

Dimitrios

Constantin von Jascheroff

Leroys Vater

Günther Kaufmann

Leroys Mutter

Eva Mannschott

Evas Vater

Conrad F. Geier

Evas Mutter

Cay Helmich

Jerome

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Horst

Julius Jellinek

Hanno

Paul Maaß

Siegfried

Andreas Schulz

Achmed

Arnel Taci

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