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Friendship!

Friendship!

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Friendship!

2010

1h 50m

6.3(139 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".

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Production Companies

Wiedemann & Berg Film

Barefoot Films

SevenPictures Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Tom

Friedrich Mücke

Friedrich Mücke

Veit

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

Zoey

Kevin Rankin

Kevin Rankin

Marvin

Chris Browning

Chris Browning

Jonathan

Kimberly J. Brown

Kimberly J. Brown

Dorothee

Todd Stashwick

Todd Stashwick

Darryl

Dwayne Adway

Dwayne Adway

Hunter

Kirsten Block

Kirsten Block

Ursel

Peter Macon

Peter Macon

Hope

Creative team

Directed by: Markus Goller
Written by: Oliver Ziegenbalg
Produced by: Marco Beckmann
Max Wiedemann

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