We Are Young. We Are Strong.
MovieTitle | Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark. |
User score | 6.8 |
Release date | Oct 21, 2014 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Burhan Qurbani |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | UFA Cinema, UFA Fiction, ARTE, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, ZDF |
Run time | 123 min. |
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol for xenophobia in the just recently reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.