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23
Release: 1998-07-02
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Thriller
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Cast
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
as Self (archive footage)
Dieter Landuris
as Pepe
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
as Beate
Patrick Joswig
as Alex
Sven Lehmann
as Computerverkäufer
Karin Gregorek
as Karls Stiefmutter
Josef Tratnik
as Nachrichten (voice)
Dietrich Brüggemann
as Bit
Hedi Kriegeskotte
as Heimleiterin Frau Helldorff
Olof Palme
Stephan Kampwirth
as Jochen Maiwald
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
as Mr. Minit
Muammar Gaddafi
as Self (archive footage)
Fabian Busch
as David
Jan-Gregor Kremp
as Lupo
Brigitte Janner
as Sekretärin
Hanns Zischler
as Karls Vater
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Sergej
Peter Fitz
as Brückner
Richard von Weizsäcker
as Self (archive footage)
Regine Zimmermann
as Pepes Freundin
Armin Dillenberger
as Kellner im Zug
Burghart Klaußner
as Weber
August Diehl
as Karl Koch
