Tough Enough

Mar 9, 2006

1h 38m

★ 6.8

Overview

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Boje Buck Produktion GmbH

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Cast

Michael Polischka

David Kross

Miriam Polischka

Jenny Elvers

Hamal

Erhan Emre

Erol

Oktay Özdemir

Barut

Kida Khodr Ramadan

Crille

Arnel Taci

Matze

Kai Michael Müller

Kommissar Gerber

Hans Löw

Dr. Peters

Jan Henrik Stahlberg

Erols Gang Mitglied#1

Sinan Akdeniz

Erols Gang Mitglied#2

Ali-Kemal Akyaz

Lehrer Radke

Peter Bucksch

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