Kaddisch für einen Freund

Coming of Age/Drama, Germany 2012

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Growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp, fourteen-year-old Ali Messalam learned to hate "the Jews" from an early age. After fleeing Lebanon with his family, he finally arrives in Berlin Kreuzberg. Here, Ali seeks to make friends with the Arab youths in the neighborhood. But first he has to prove what he is capable of. As a test of courage, he is asked to break into the apartment of his Jewish-Russian neighbor Alexander. The youths follow Ali and trash the old man's apartment to excess. But only Ali is recognized by the prematurely returning Alexander and reported to the police. To avoid a conviction and the deportation that comes with it, he is left with only one chance: Ali must get closer to the hated enemy and ask him for support...
Audio language:
German
Subtitles:
FrenchGermanItalian

Awards

Church Film Festival, Recklinghausen 2012 1. Prize
German Film Award 2013 Lola, Best Children Film
TV-Film-Festival Baden-Baden 2012 MFG-Star

More information

Director:

Leo Khasin

Writer:

Leo Khasin

Composer:

Dieter Schleip

Editor:

Horst Reiter

Producer:

Martin Bach

Cast:

Ryszard Ronczewski (Alexander Zamskoy)

Neil Belakhdar (Ali Messalam)

Neil Malik Abdullah (Walid Messalam)

Sanam Afrashteh (Mouna)

Kida Khodr Ramadan (Mahmoud)

Younes Hussein Ramadan (Younes)

Heinz W. Krückeberg (Isja)

Original title:

Kaddisch für einen Freund

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 14 years

Ratings:

FBW "valuable"

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German

Subtitles:

FrenchGermanItalian