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.
July 2, 1998
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
43 people
August Diehl
Karl Koch
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Fabian Busch
David
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Dieter Landuris
Pepe
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Jan-Gregor Kremp
Lupo
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Burghart Klaußner
Weber
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Stephan Kampwirth
Jochen Maiwald
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Zbigniew Zamachowski
Sergej
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Peter Fitz
Brückner
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Lilly Marie Tschörtner
Beate
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Arnulf Schumacher
Seybert
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Patrick Joswig
Alex
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Sven Lehmann
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