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Overview
Leroy is an Afro-German boy who is struggling with notorious bad luck and a national identity crisis. Leroy is cultured and well-mannered and, in a positive sense, more German than many Germans. His girlfriend Eva's brothers are skinheads and befriend him. Together with his best friend Dimmi, a Greek, he strolls through crowded and dirty Berlin to the sound of 70s soul grooves and ponders all the sore points of being German. And then he comes up with the idea of how to defeat fascism....
Top Cast

Alain Morel
Leroy
Frauke Schönhals
Eve
Mark Diment
Dimitrios
Mirco Dzienkansky
Oberskinhead
Doris Hofmann
Antonia

Paul Maaß
Hanno
Hanna Steidel
Leroys Mutter

Errol Trotman-Harewood
Leroys Vater
Barbara Wittmann
Künstlerin
Key Film Crew
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