We Are Young. We Are Strong Explained

We Are Young. We Are Strong
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Director:	Burhan Qurbani
Starring:	Devid Striesow
Runtime:	123 minutes
Country:	Germany
Language:	German
Distributor:	UFA

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]

Cast

• Devid Striesow as Martin
• Jonas Nay as Stefan
• Trang Le Hong as Lien
• Joel Basman as Robbie
• David Schütter as Sandro
• Saskia Rosendahl as Jennie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Germany Picks Final Eight Titles to Vie for Oscar Submission . IndieWire . 13 August 2015 . 13 August 2015.
2. Web site: Oscars: Germany Picks 'Labryinth of Lies' for Foreign Language Category . Roxborough . Scott . . 27 August 2015 . 27 August 2015.