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...
Directed by Leo Khasin
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Ryszard Ronczewski
Alexander
Neil Belakhdar
Ali
Neil Malik Abdullah
Walid
Sanam Afrashteh
Mouna
Kida Khodr Ramadan
Mahmoud
Younes Hussein Ramadan
Younes
Heinz W. Krückeberg
Isja
Anna Böttcher
Schwester Sabine
Cemal Subasi
Bilal
Faruk Fakhro
Momo
Stefan Merki
Staatsanwalt
Joachim Nimtz
Kommissar Doll
Wiebke Puls
Jugendrichterin
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