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