Director: Sinan Sevinç
Cast: Aytac Anhan, Nina Anhan, Majid Bakhtiari
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story is a 2025 German music documentary directed by Sinan Sevinç, following the life of Haftbefehl, one of the most influential and controversial figures in German rap history. Born Aytac Anhan to an Iranian-German family, his journey from the margins of Offenbach to the centre of German hip-hop culture is told with rare honesty.
What is Babo The Haftbefehl Story about?
Growing up between two cultures in Offenbach — a city shaped by migration and working-class resilience — Aytac Anhan built an identity that would later fuel some of the most uncompromising rap music Germany has ever heard. This documentary draws on intimate conversations with the artist himself, his family including his sister Nina Anhan, and longtime collaborators to reconstruct how a first-generation immigrant kid became the voice the streets called Haftbefehl, German for 'arrest warrant'. The film moves through formative years marked by poverty, street life, and the search for belonging, tracing how personal hardship was transformed into raw artistic power. Majid Bakhtiari, another close figure in his orbit, adds further dimension to the portrait. The result is an unflinching look at a career built on truth-telling — one that reshaped the sound of German hip-hop.
Cast & crew
Director Sinan Sevinç structures the film around access rarely granted in music documentaries: Haftbefehl (Aytac Anhan) speaks candidly, and his sister Nina Anhan offers a family-level perspective that grounds the larger-than-life public image. Majid Bakhtiari rounds out the inner circle of voices. Sevinç draws on all three to build a layered, credible portrait rather than a promotional piece.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the wider Iranian diaspora, Babo: The Haftbefehl Story carries particular resonance. Haftbefehl is the son of Iranian immigrants — his heritage is woven openly into his music, his dialect, and his sense of outsider identity. His story echoes themes many diaspora listeners know firsthand: growing up between languages, navigating belonging in a country that keeps you at arm's length, and finding creative expression as a way through. Germany has the largest Iranian community in Western Europe, and this film speaks directly to that shared experience of hyphenated identity. The documentary is available in its original German audio with English-language context on K-Time.
Where & how to watch
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story is available on K-Time in original audio (no Persian dub or subtitles). Stream it on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.