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The Wachowski brothers brought a hoard of stars to the world premiere of Speed Racer in the CineStar, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany. Not only the established stars Susan Sarandon and John Goodman, but also the young stars Christina Ricci and Emile Hirsch.

The producer, Joel Silver also put in an appearance and as the film was shot in Berlin and the Babelsberg Film studio in Potsdam, the many German members of the cast were present, such as Cosma Shiva Hagen, Jana Pallaske, Christian Oliver, Ralph Herforth and Werner Daehn (accompanied by Sonja Kerskes).

Photo Gallery from the Speed Racer Premiere

The young Speed Racer’s (Emile Hirsch) life and love has always been racing. Racing is “in his blood”. His dream is to win The Crucible, the very race that cost his brother, Rex Racer his life. His family, Mom (Susan Sarandon) and Pop (John Goodman) Racer, the owners of a small family business building racing cars eventually support his ambition and design and build him a new racer called “Mach 5″.

Speed receives a lucrative offer from Mr. Royalton, the owner of conglomerate Royalton Industries, in exchange for signing to race with him; he is tempted but declines, which puts both his success and life in jeopardy. He also learns that a handful of the biggest racing teams, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. Luckily he is helped not only by his girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci), but also by his one-time rival, Racer X and shifty racer Taejo Togokhan, in his endeavours to save the family business and win the the Casa Cristo 5000 – known as “The Crucible”.

Other celebrities putting in an appearance for the premiere included Tom Tykwer, Marie Steinmann, Andreas Pietschmann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Katie Pfleghar accompanied by Daniel Thauer, Ulrich Meyer & Georgia Tornow, Oliver Kalkofe & Birte Schielke und Steven Gätjen.