Kaddisch für einen Freund

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...

6.9

94 min

Cast

Ryszard Ronczewski

as Alexander

Neil Belakhdar

as Ali

Neil Malik Abdullah

as Walid

Sanam Afrashteh

as Mouna

Kida Khodr Ramadan

as Mahmoud

Younes Hussein Ramadan

as Younes

Heinz W. Krückeberg

as Isja

Anna Böttcher

as Schwester Sabine

Cemal Subasi

as Bilal

Faruk Fakhro

as Momo

Stefan Merki

as Staatsanwalt

Joachim Nimtz

as Kommissar Doll

Wiebke Puls

as Jugendrichterin

Director

Leo Khasin