The Kick
(Der Kick), GER 2006, directed by Andres Veiel, 85 min, rated: from 12 years up
In the summer of 2002, three young men tortured and killed a sixteen-year-old teen in a Brandenburg village. The case, which gained notoriety as the “skinhead murder of Potzlow”, was reconstructed in this documentary using actors, conversations with relatives, neighbors and friends as well as the police and court documents. The incredible cruelty of the murder is reflected by the coolly illuminated set.