Tough Enough
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Detlev Buck
Jenny Elvers-elbertzhagen
David Kross
Jan Hendrik Stahlberg
Erhan Emre
Kida Ramadan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The tale of a woman, Miriam, and her fifteen-year-old son, Michael, who are forced to leave their villa in the upscale Berlin district of Zehlendorf and move to the less than salubrious Neukoelln area. A fish-out-of-water in his new environment, Michael is forced to pay protection money to a local gang. He breaks into his former home in an attempt to buy them off but gets into a fight with the ever more demanding gang leader, Errol. Unfortunately, Michael is rescued by Hamal, an Afghan pretending to be Italian, and, since this is Neukoelln where nothing comes for free, Michael now becomes Hamal's drugs courier. All goes well until Errol reappears and throws Michael's backpack from a railway bridge. It lands on a passing commuter train which means Michael is now a liability for Hamal as the boy's school things together with the money in the bag will alert the police. It comes, as it must, to a showdown.
Director
Detlev Buck
Cast
Jenny Elvers-elbertzhagen
David Kross
Jan Hendrik Stahlberg
Erhan Emre
Kida Ramadan
Oktay Ozdemir
Arnel Taci
Kai Michael Mueller
Hans Loew
Amy Mussul
Stephan Grossmann
Niklas Kohrt
Crew
Claus Boje
Kolja Brandt
Zoran Drvenkar
Dirk Grau
Dirk W Jacob
Udo Kramer
Jale Kustaloglu
Florian Niederleithinger
Christine Rogoll
Astrid Rosenfeld
Martin Steyer
Gregor Tressnow
Gregor Tressnow
Bert Wrede
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Released in United States October 2006
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Special) February 9-19, 2006.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 5-19, 2006.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Based on the novel "Knallhart" written by Gregor Tessnow.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Special) February 9-19, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 5-19, 2006.)
