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19981h 39mDrama · Thriller
directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
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6.8 / 10
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Synopsis

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

August Diehl·Karl Koch
Fabian Busch·David
Dieter Landuris·Pepe
Jan-Gregor Kremp·Lupo
Burghart Klaußner·Weber
Stephan Kampwirth·Jochen Maiwald
Zbigniew Zamachowski·Sergej
Peter Fitz·Brückner
Lilly Marie Tschörtner·Beate
Arnulf Schumacher·Seybert