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Ghettokids - Brüder ohne Heimat

Jul 4, 2002

1h 30m

★ 8.0

Overview

Two trouble-causing brothers, who in the second generation after World War II Germany live, are in the center of this German made for TV movie. The movie makes a subject out of their everyday lives and the helpless attempt for them to build a normal life.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Christos Chassanoglou

Ioannis Tsialas

Maikis Chassanoglou

Toni Osmani

Hanna Solinger

Barbara Rudnik

Xaver Friedmann

Günther Maria Halmer

Erna Solinger

Renate Becker

Kathi Solinger

Julia Dietze

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