It is the summer of 1984 in Schmalenstedt, in the middle of Holstein Switzerland, directly on the Baltic Sea. The 17-year-old Malte Ahrens, who calls himself Roddy Dangerblood, lives with his elderly parents in a farmhouse, is trained as a potter and has discovered for himself the punk that has made its way into Schmalenstedt with some delay.
Acting
Cecil von Renner's committed, awkward physicality
Production
Painfully authentic 1984 East German coastal dreariness
Costume
DIY punk aesthetics that scream 'I bought this at a hardware store'
Director
Lars Jessen
Cecil von Renner
Roddy Dangerblood
Pit Bukowski
Sid Schick
Daniel Michel
Flo
Laszlo Horwitz
Piekmeier
Samuel Auer
Günni
Wilfried Dziallas
Ladenbesitzer Pfeil
Axel Prahl
Mascher
Ole Fischer
Fliegevogel
Friederike Wagner
Roddys Mutter
Peter Jordan
Roddys Vater
Mersiha Husagić
Maria
Bojan Heyn
Schwaster – der Nasenblockflöter
Jessica Kosmalla
Töpfereichefin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures the delayed arrival of UK punk to rural East Germany, where Western music arrived via smuggled tapes and desperate improvisation.
Director Lars Jessen grew up in this exact region; the pottery apprenticeship was his actual backup plan if filmmaking failed.
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