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30.10.2018 | The 10 best road movies

Markus Goller's 25 km/h opens in German cinemas on 31 October.

What do you need for a really good road movie? First of all, a motorbike, good roads, some cash - and great actors, of course! 25 km/h, the new moped adventure with Bjarne Mädel and Lars Eidinger, has all of this. To mark the cinema release, we show you ten of the best road movies that have made at least one stop in Hamburg or Schleswig-Holstein.

Credits: 25 km/h: 2018 Gordon Timpen/Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH/Sunny Side Up GmbH Bandits: Olga Films Ein Freund von mir: X Distribution Erbsen auf halb 6: Senator Film Magical Mystery 1: DCM Magical Mystery 2: DCM/Gordon Timpen, SMPSP Nordsee ist Mordsee: Hark Bohm Whatever Happens Next: The StoryBay UG / Carol Burandt von Kameke Zugvögel - Einmal nach Inari: Prokino Im Juli: Universum Film; Die Schimmelreiter: Aries Images

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