Kaddisch für einen Freund

Overview

Growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp, 14-year-old Ali Messalam learned to hate "the Jews" from an early age. After fleeing Lebanon with his family, he arrives in Berlin Kreuzberg. Here, Ali tries to make friends with the Arab youths in the neighborhood. But first he has to prove what he can do. As a test of courage, he is asked to break into the apartment of his Jewish-Russian neighbor Alexander. The youngsters follow Ali and trash the old man's apartment to excess. But only Ali is recognized by Alexander, who returns early, and is reported to the police. In order to avoid a conviction and the associated deportation, he has only one chance: Ali must approach his hated enemy and ask for his support...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 15, 2012

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

ARD

Cast

Kida Khodr Ramadan,Ryszard Ronczewski,Heinz W. Krückeberg,Anna Böttcher,Younes Hussein Ramadan,Sanam Afrashteh,Stefan Merki,Neil Belakhdar,Neil Malik Abdullah,Cemal Subasiand 3 more

Director

Leo Khasin

Writer

Leo Khasin

Producer

Martin Bach

Cinematography

Mathias Schöningh

Music

Fabian Römer,Dieter Schleip

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1722440