---
title: 'We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Burhan Qurbani'
released: '2014-10-16'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/we-are-young-we-are-strong-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4076058/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)

2014 · 123 min · Drama, Crime, History · Germany

Original title: Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.

## Synopsis

We Are Young. We Are Strong 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, but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Burhan Qurbani](https://cinepixo.com/people/burhan-qurbani)
- **Screenplay:** [Burhan Qurbani](https://cinepixo.com/people/burhan-qurbani), [Martin Behnke](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-behnke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matthias Sayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-sayer), [Tim Ströble](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-stroble)
- **Producer:** [Jochen Laube](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-laube), [Leif Alexis](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-alexis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yoshi Heimrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-heimrath)
- **Editor:** [Julia Karg](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-karg)

## Cast

- [Sebastian Nakajew](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-nakajew)
- [Thorsten Merten](https://cinepixo.com/people/thorsten-merten)
- [Axel Pape](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-pape)
- [Devid Striesow](https://cinepixo.com/people/devid-striesow)
- [Gro Swantje Kohlhof](https://cinepixo.com/people/gro-swantje-kohlhof)
- [Joel Basman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-basman)
- [Martina Eitner-Acheampong](https://cinepixo.com/people/martina-eitner-acheampong)
- [Thomas Kornack](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-kornack)
- [Jonas Nay](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonas-nay)
- [Saskia Rosendahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/saskia-rosendahl)
- [Claudia Loerding](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-loerding)
- [Jakob Bieber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-bieber)
- [Matthias Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-brenner)
- [David Schütter](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-schutter)
- [Trang Le Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/trang-le-hong)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/we-are-young-we-are-strong-2014
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