North Sea Is Death Sea

For urban Hamburg 14-year-old Uwe (Uwe Bohm), escape from life with an alcoholic and abusive father (Marquard Bohm) came through acts of juvenile delinquency and bullying of kids like Asian classmate Dschingis (Dschingis Bowakow). However, when he learns that Dschingis has built a makeshift skiff, they plan to sail it down the Elbe into the North Sea. Writer-director Hark Bohm's distinctive coming-of-ager also stars Herma Koehn, Katja Bowakow, Ingrid Boje. 85 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: German; Subtitles: English; featurettes; theatrical trailer. In German with English subtitles.