When Uwe discovers that the Asian classmate he's been bullying has built a raft from scrap wood, they plan to run away and sail to the North Sea.

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From writer/director Hark Bohm, co-founder of the '70s German New Wave collective Filmverlag der Autoren with Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, comes this landmark hit about juvenile delinquency and outsider friendship: 13-year-old Uwe - 'a magnificent screen debut' (Critic.de) by Bohm's adopted son Uwe Bohm - lives with his mother and abusive alcoholic father in a Hamburg housing project. But when he discovers that the Asian classmate he's been bullying - an equally powerful performance by the director's other adopted son Dschingis Bowakow - has built a raft from scrap wood, they devise a plan to run away together and sail to the North Sea. Marquard Bohm (BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE) co-stars in this 'modern day Huckleberry Finn' (Prisma) that Germany's ratings board tried to prevent young people from seeing, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over an hour of Special Features and a 40-page booklet featuring stills, news clippings and an essay by DER SAMURAI writer/director Till Kleinert.

Special Features

• Introduction By THE GOLDEN GLOVE Director Fatih Akin
• Working Class In Wilhelmsburg - Writer/Director Hark Bohm Remembers NORTH SEA IS DEATH SEA
• Growing Up On Film - Interview With Actor Dschingis Bowakow
• That's Why I'm Here - Interview With Actress Herma Koehn
• The Death King Sails The Death Sea - Appreciation By NEKROMANTIK Director Jörg Buttgereit
• Booklet Designed By HauntLove Featuring An Essay By Till Kleinert, Director Of DER SAMURAI, And Rare Stills And Promotional Items
• Trailer

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Introduction By THE GOLDEN GLOVE Director Fatih Akin
• Working Class In Wilhelmsburg – Writer/Director Hark Bohm Remembers NORTH SEA IS DEATH SEA
• Growing Up On Film – Interview With Actor Dschingis Bowakow
• That's Why I'm Here – Interview With Actress Herma Koehn
• The Death King Sails The Death Sea – Appreciation By NEKROMANTIK Director Jörg Buttgereit
• Trailer
• Booklet Designed By HauntLove Featuring An Essay By Till Kleinert, Director Of DER SAMURAI, And Rare Stills And Promotional Items

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Dschingis Bowakow as Dschingis Ulanow
•       Uwe Bohm as Uwe Schiedrowsky
•       Marquard Bohm as Uwes Vater
•       Herma Koehn as Heike Schiedrowsky
•       Katja Bowakow as Katja Ulanow
•       Ingrid Boje as Ingrid Panowsky
•       Günter Lohmann as Günter Petersen
•       Gerhard Stöhr as Gerd Stein
•       Corinna Schmidt as Corinna Hermann
•       Rolf Becker as Policeman

Director: Hark Bohm

Producer: Hark Bohm

Additional Details

Label: Severin Films

Genre: Drama

Language: German

Run Time: 85 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/28/26

UPC: 760137199014