1st of May: All Belongs to You

1st of May: All Belongs to You (German: 1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit) is a 2008 German film. It was premiered as the opening film of the series "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" ran May 1 - Heroes at Work at the Berlinale 2008.

1st of May: All Belongs to You
Film poster
German	1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit
Directed by	Carsten Ludwig Jan-Christoph Glaser Sven Taddicken Jakob Ziemnicki
Written by	Carsten Ludwig Michael Proehl Oliver Ziegenbalg Jakob Ziemnicki
Edited by	Carsten Eder Jan-Christoph Glaser Sebastian Marka
Music by	Christoph Blaser Steffen Kahles Dirk Dresselhaus Rainer von Viel
Release date	30 April 2008 (2008-04-30)
Country	Germany
Language	German

Plot

Three episodes are interwoven in the film: "Uwe" is about a provincial police officer, "excursion" is about two adolescents from the small town and "Yavuz" is about an eleven-year-old Turk. Everyone experiences May Day in Kreuzberg.

Provincial police officer Uwe, with his colleagues turned down for participating in the demo on 1 May in Berlin, is cheated on by his wife at home. He visits a brothel. During the demo, he gets between the fronts and in the field of action of a water cannon and is injured on the nose.

Jacob and Pelle, two middle-class youths from Minden, go to Berlin in the hope of riots, but there they are mistaken between tourist program and street violence. Attempting to get drugs poses greater difficulties for both of them.

The young Turk Yavuz wants to grow up, prove his masculinity and set off for the first time with his brother on 1 May. On his journey through the oncoming chaos Yavuz gets to know old man Harry, with whom he builds a street barricade. Harry develops protective instincts for the boy.

The end of the day brings them all together to the hospital in Kreuzberg.

Cast

• Benjamin Höppner as Uwe
• Leonie Brandis as Ingrid
• Randy Herbst as Schinken-Raddatz Jr.
• Torsten Michaelis as Martin
• Hans Löw as Schröder
• Maja Schöne as Elke
• Thorsten Förster as Policeman #1
• Rüdiger Kühmstedt as Policeman #2
• Bruno F. Apitz as Einsatzleiter (billed as Bruno Apitz)
• Jacob Matschenz as Jacob
• Ludwig Trepte as 'Pelle' Pelletier
• Theo Vadersen as Busfahrer (billed as Teo Vadersen)
• Cemal Subasi as Yavuz
• Godehard Giese as Policeman
• Oktay Özdemir as Nebi
• Ozan Aksu as Bülent (billed as Ozan Akzu)
• Hassan Chahrour as Orhan
• Mehmet Subasi as Fikret
• Firat Besleyen as Cem
• Dagan Süleyman as Can
• Hannah Herzsprung as Ratte
• Peter Kurth as Hary
• Bärbel Schwarz as Spezi
• Frank Seppeler as Buddy
• Hinnerk Schönemann as Demonstrant
• Sinan Akdeniz as Turkish Gang Member
• Milot Berisha as Turkish Gang Member
• Youssef Chahrour as Turkish Gang Member
• Tore Mert as Turkish Gang Member
• Engin Özdemir as Turkish Gang Member
• Aylin 'Shorty' Firat as Dealerin
• Sigo Heinisch as Sveni
• Dirk Borchardt as Horsti
• Mackie Heilmann as Ramona
• Anna Parkina as Performance Girl
• Sarah Baumann as Performance Girl
• Fabian Schubert as Performance Besucher
• Alex Bechberger as Performance Besucher
• Christian Röhrs as Performance Besucher
• Burak Yigit as Performance Besucher
• Murat Yilmaz as Adolf Performance (billed as Murat Karabey Yilmaz)
• Maria Schumanski as Frau in U-Bahn (billed as Maria Wedig)
• Steffen Jürgens as Ramonas Kunde
• Annette Baar as Hospital Receptionist (billed as Annette Kitty Baar)
• Jonas Pappe as DJ im Club
• Sebastian Dasse as DJ im Club
• Luise Helm as Mädchen im Club
• Judith Hoersch as Mädchen im Club
• Marcel Sperling as Türsteher
• Jale Arikan as Yavuz's Mother
• Michael Kröchert as Sanitäter
• Peter Berning as Arzt

External links

• 1st of May: All Belongs to You at IMDb