31 Dec 2014
179th Street
New York City in the 1980's, the Latino Drug Lords' War is fueled by "Crack", while a boy chained to radiator witnesses it all. Based on two true stories of how the American Dream turns into an American Nightmare.
Wackersdorf
Not an easy decision! District Administrator Hans Schuierer from the Upper Palatinate first opposed his own political line in 1981 and finally against the entire Bavarian Free State and Prime Minister Strauss. Because the planned reprocessing plant Wackersdorf promised 3,000 new jobs for the structurally weak region - but what if these are associated with massive health and ecological damage for future generations? Isn't it then the duty of a politician and citizen to resist?
Top Billed Cast
August Zirner Innenminister
Anna Maria Sturm Monika
Johannes Zeiler Hans Schuierer
Marlene Morreis Frau Knapp
Fabian Hinrichs Karlheinz Billinger
Thomas Limpinsel Gegenfurtner
Sigi Zimmerschied Umweltminister
Florian Brückner Vollmann
Johannes Herrschmann Pirner
Andreas Nickl Eberwein
Peter Jordan Bössenecker
Axel Röhrle Ingenieur
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