Tough Enough ( Knallhart )

Tough Enough (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Knallhart
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min + 4 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Detlev Buck

Written By:
Zoran Drvenkar
Gregor Tressnow

Actors:
David Kross ..... Michael Polischka
Jenny Elvers ..... Miriam Polischka (as Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen)
Erhan Emre ..... Hamal
Oktay Özdemir ..... Erol (as Inanç Oktay Özdemir)
Kida Khodr Ramadan ..... Barut
Arnel Taci ..... Crille
Kai Michael Müller ..... Matze
Hans Löw ..... Kommissar Gerber
Jan Henrik Stahlberg ..... Dr. Klaus Peters
Sinan Akdeniz ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #3
Ali-Kemal Akyaz ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #2
Sofiane Benbrahim ..... Mann in Strandbar
Peter Bucksch ..... Lehrer Radke
Hassan Charour ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #7
Roland Florstedt ..... Captain Nemo
Georg Friedrich ..... Hotte
Stephan Grossmann ..... Erols Freundin
Rebecca Hessing ..... Vater Mangold
Bernhard Howe ..... Simone
Franziska Jünger ..... Tarek
Yavoz Kalan ..... Stubenwilli
Roman Kaminski ..... Typ auf Fussballplatz
Niklas Kohrt ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #6
Baris Kömürü ..... Dirk
Stefan Konarske ..... Rainer der Künstler
Fabian Krüger ..... Elke
Eva Löbau ..... Cousin Hamal
Marcel Moreno ..... Jule
Henriette Müller ..... Lisa
Amy Mußul ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #4
Engin Özdemin ..... Taxifahrer #1
Peter Sander ..... Tiger
Florian Schöne ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #1
Mehmed-Azad Subasi ..... Mann von hinten
Christian Ulmen ..... Taxifahrer #2
Oskar Umpierrez ..... Erols Gang Mitglied #5
Blazej Wittowski ..... Indischer Nachbar
Alexander Yassin ..... Strippe
Marc Zwinz

Synopsis:

As written and directed by Detlev Buck, the inner-city character drama Tough Enough opens on 15-year-old Michael Polischka (David Kross), who lives with his single, white trash mom, Miriam (Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen and her wealthy physician lover, Klaus (Jan Henrik Stahlberg) in an affluent German suburb. After Miriam and Klaus have a bitter quarrel, mother and son are thrown out onto their ear, and must move to Neukoelln, a gritty ghetto in the eastern section of Berlin rife with illegal Turkish immigrants. Michael experiences a brush or two with the law by falling in with a pack of juvenile delinquents, including Crille (Arnel Taci) and his brother Matze (Kai Michael Mueller) , who (on a darkly humorous note) collectively gain revenge on Klaus by breaking into his home and robbing him blind. Circumstances take a decidedly nastier turn, however, when Michael falls prey to the wheedling of thug Hamal (Erhan Emre) and agrees to go to work as a drug runner.

Fifteen-year-old Michael Polischka is thrown into a gritty urban world when his mother breaks up with her rich doctor boyfriend. With little money of her own, Miriam is forced to move them into a dumpy apartment in a rough ethnic neighbourhood, far from the posh suburbs they had grown accustomed to. Beatings and extortion by a gang of violent bullies makes public high school miserable for Michael. A chance meeting with urban crime lord Hamal and his henchman Barut end up turning Michael's life around.

Drama. Fifteen-year-old Michael and his mother Miriam are forced to leave their nice home in a well-to-do area of Berlin and move to a much rougher area. There Michael finds himself threatened by and getting involved with gangs and local drug dealers, and finds himself in a dangerous situation.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.

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