Dessau Dancers
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In the summer of 1985, an American movie also ignites young people in the GDR: "Beatstreet" ensures full cinemas and subsequently a new phenomenon in the streets - breakdancing! The 18-year-old Frank is electrified and founds the "Break Beaters" with like-minded friends in Dessau. The troupe dances on the streets and soon forms the spearhead of the breakdance movement in the GDR. But sooner than they would have liked, the street dancers came to the attention of the state. And they like to keep control over the leisure activities of their youth. Because what the GDR cannot ban, it tries to control - ergo the project must become socialist! So breakdancing becomes "acrobatic show dancing" and the "Break Beaters" are built up as a showcase troupe, sent around the country and soon celebrated like rock stars. But fame comes at a price and Frank slowly realizes that the price is pretty high.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-06-29
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Jan Martin Scharf
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Music, Comedy
Original title: Dessau Dancers
Production Companies: Boogiefilm, SWR, Senator Film, ARD
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Sonja Gerhardt
Wolfgang Stumph
Hilmar Eichhorn
Wolfgang Lippert
Rainer Bock
Gordon Kämmerer
Oliver Konietzny
Arved Birnbaum
Godehard Giese
Sebastian Jaeger
Ramona Kunze-Libnow
Bernd Stegemann
Lukas Steltner
Maximilian Wohlfahrt
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