Kreuzberg in the early 80’s was a creative big bang, a surreal place full of artists, squatters and punks, a melting pot of the self-declared rebellious: everyone rubbed up against one another, anyone could be a hero and art was the order of the day. Sven Regener, author of the best-selling “Herr Lehmann” and the corresponding film adaption starring Christian Ulmen, as well as member of the Berlin rock-pop band Element of Crime, transports the protagonists of his new novel back to this very same period in time. Oddballs in an oddball world – “Wiener Straße” is crude, funny and bizarre.