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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
Olof Palme
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
as Mr. Minit
Stephan Kampwirth
as Jochen Maiwald
Peter Fitz
as Brückner
Patrick Joswig
as Alex
Hanns Zischler
as Karls Vater
Dietrich Brüggemann
as Bit
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
as Beate
Brigitte Janner
as Sekretärin
Regine Zimmermann
as Pepes Freundin
Dieter Landuris
as Pepe
Jan-Gregor Kremp
as Lupo
Burghart Klaußner
as Weber
Fabian Busch
as David
Josef Tratnik
as Nachrichten (voice)
Muammar Gaddafi
as Self (archive footage)
Sven Lehmann
as Computerverkäufer
August Diehl
as Karl Koch
Karin Gregorek
as Karls Stiefmutter
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
as Self (archive footage)
Hedi Kriegeskotte
as Heimleiterin Frau Helldorff
Richard von Weizsäcker
as Self (archive footage)
Armin Dillenberger
as Kellner im Zug
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Sergej
