We Are Young. We Are Strong | |
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German | Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark |
Directed by | Burhan Qurbani |
Written by | Martin Behnke Burhan Qurbani |
Starring | Devid Striesow |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
We Are Young. We Are Strong (German : Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark) is a 2014 German drama film directed by Burhan Qurbani, a fictionalized account of the 1992 xenophobic Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, [1] but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies . [2]
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