Tough Enough
(Knallhart)
Screening on Film
Directed by Detlev Buck.
With David Kross, Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen, Ehran Emre.
Germany, 2006, 35mm, color, 98 min.
German with English subtitles.
Print source: Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes
With David Kross, Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen, Ehran Emre.
Germany, 2006, 35mm, color, 98 min.
German with English subtitles.
Print source: Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes
Well-known German actor-director Detlev Buck departs from the comic tone of his early films in this story of fifteen-year-old Michael, who moves into the gritty Neukölln district, a rough ethnic Berlin neighborhood. Worlds away from the posh suburbs he’s used to, Michael undergoes beatings and extortion by a gang of violent bullies. Buck shot on location, giving a restless street style to his portrayal of an area with significant immigrant communities from countries including Turkey, Russia, Serbia, Thailand and China.