Nikita Miller - Once Upon a Time in Nowhere

"In the Soviet Union, we were the Germans; in Germany, we are the Russians" - these words from his grandmother have etched themselves into Nikita Miller's memory like a Soviet stamp on a deportation order. His grandma would still swear today that a little glass of vodka with pepper can solve all problems - from a cold to an identity crisis. But it's not quite that simple. When Nikita was expelled from high school in the 90s for being supposedly "too Russian" for Schiller, he had no idea that this very tornness between cultures would one day become his greatest treasure. Amid German sandwiches and Russian pierogi, between the secondary school yard and the stories of his grandmother deported to Kazakhstan, he found his own path. Today, as the world once again stands on its head, Miller digs deep into his family history and finds astonishing parallels to the present. He wants to know: What actually makes us who we are? The genes of our ancestors? The place where our ID card was issued? Or perhaps the fact that we were the only ones in class who knew how to pronounce "Dostoevsky" correctly? With the precision of a German watchmaker and the soul of a Russian poet, Miller takes his audience on a journey through times and cultures. Because in the end, it's like a good borscht - it's the mix that makes it interesting. And sometimes, it takes an identity crisis to find out who you really are.