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Don't Be A Stranger

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Drama · Western

Seventeen-year-old Charles from New York is supposed to do an exchange with a family of musicians in Berlin at the request of his two mothers. But instead of ending up in the capital, Charles finds himself in the depths of the Black Forest, where Western fan and gun enthusiast Fränk runs a cattle farm, living his very own dream of freedom and adventure. Charles is confronted with an image of America that is completely foreign to him, and he wants only one thing: to get away!

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Directors
Robert Thalheim
Production companies
Kundschafter Filmproduktion, SWR/Arte
Countries
Germany
Status
In Production
Budget
USD 1,200,000

Top Cast

Salimou ThiamSalimou ThiamCharles
Sascha Alexander GeršakSascha Alexander GeršakFränk
Katharina BehrensKatharina BehrensSusanne
Ludger BökelmannLudger BökelmannJakob
Sonja WeißerSonja WeißerKim
Susanne BredehöftSusanne Bredehöft
Waldemar KobusWaldemar Kobus
Joel BasmanJoel Basman
Felician HohnloserFelician Hohnloser

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