Morris from America (2016)
Overview
A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, Morris from America centers on Morris Gentry, a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his single father, Curtis. to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $91,151.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.535 |
Directed By
Chad Hartigan
Crew
Chad Hartigan
Gabriele Simon
Chad Hartigan
Adele Romanski
Anne Fabini
Keegan DeWitt
Martin Heisler
Sara Murphy
Sean McElwee
Sascha Ronge
Whitney Theis
Thomas Ziesch
Eyde Belasco
Martin Jílek
Tobias Scherer
Thorsten Wenning
Marvin Keil
Tobias Scherer
Tobias Scherer
Eric Gühring
Luis Schöffend
Gregor Bonse
Ana Monte
Christoph Iwanow
Marvin Keil
Johannes Kunz
Manolya Mutlu
Zdeněk Dušek
Andrea Veselková
Mirko Fricke
Andreas Kielb
Nana Kolbinger
Babett Klimmeck
Alex Turtletaub
Michael B. Clark
Julio Perez IV
Nicole Durović
Niklaas Warda
TOP CAST
Markees Christmas
Morris Gentry
Craig Robinson
Curtis Gentry
Lina Keller
Katrin
Carla Juri
Inka Meinert
Jakub Gierszał
Per
Levin Henning
Bastian
Eva Löbau
Katrin's Mother
Patrick Güldenberg
Sven
Leon Badenhop
Rainer
Marie Löschhorn
Birgit
Josephine Becker
Nadine
Roger Ditter
Alex
Florian Von Stockum
Jakob
Nora Borchert
Ballet Dancer
Diana Ionescu
Ballet Dancer
Anna Sodan
Ballet Dancer
Anabel Möbius
Industrial Party Girl
Lukas Ritter
Gotta Pee Real Bad Guy
Thorsten Wenning
Youth Centre Adult
Liv Scharbatke
Phone Sex Operator
Josephine Fabian
Phone Sex Woman
Manuel Hafner
Franz
Hugo Manuel
Chad Valley
Kai Michael Müller
Olaf
Benedikt Crisand
Lukas
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