To Fight For: The Year Of Decision


1h 51m 2010

Brief Synopsis

A portrait of five young men between the ages of sixteen and twenty whose chief preoccupations in life include stealing, smoking weed and beating people up. They are a bunch of drifters with a penchant for violence. But these boys are also standing at a crossroads: they must decide between life in a

Film Details

Also Known As
Friedensschlag, Friedensschlag - Das Jahr der Entscheidung
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Bayerischer Rundfunk; Telepool Gmbh
Distribution Company
Piffl Medien Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

Synopsis

A portrait of five young men between the ages of sixteen and twenty whose chief preoccupations in life include stealing, smoking weed and beating people up. They are a bunch of drifters with a penchant for violence. But these boys are also standing at a crossroads: they must decide between life in and out prison or another path where they learn to stand on their own two feet again. Two men, Rupert Voss and Werner Makella, decide to help these boys find a way of overcoming with their problems. They are the initiators of the Work and Box Company. Voss and Makella both went through similar experiences when they were young. They take the boys into the boxing ring as a way to help them break out of their old familiar patterns of behavior and find a new sense of self-confidence.

Film Details

Also Known As
Friedensschlag, Friedensschlag - Das Jahr der Entscheidung
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Bayerischer Rundfunk; Telepool Gmbh
Distribution Company
Piffl Medien Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States February 2010

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Dokumente) February 11-21, 2010.

Released in United States February 2010 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Dokumente) February 11-21, 2010.)