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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

6.829/10

Release Date

02 July 1998

Country

Germany

Cast

August Diehl

August Diehl

Karl Koch

Fabian Busch

Fabian Busch

David

Dieter Landuris

Dieter Landuris

Pepe

Jan-Gregor Kremp

Jan-Gregor Kremp

Lupo

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Weber

Stephan Kampwirth

Stephan Kampwirth

Jochen Maiwald

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Sergej

Peter Fitz

Peter Fitz

Brückner

Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Beate

Arnulf Schumacher

Arnulf Schumacher

Seybert

Patrick Joswig

Patrick Joswig

Alex

Sven Lehmann

Sven Lehmann

Computerverkäufer

Regine Zimmermann

Regine Zimmermann

Pepes Freundin

Armin Dillenberger

Armin Dillenberger

Kellner im Zug

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Mr. Minit

Brigitte Janner

Brigitte Janner

Sekretärin

Hedi Kriegeskotte

Hedi Kriegeskotte

Heimleiterin Frau Helldorff

Alexandra Hartmann

Alexandra Hartmann

Prostituierte

Claudia Boneberg

Claudia Boneberg

Prostituierte

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Karls Vater

Katrin Klein

Katrin Klein

Sekretärin

Karin Gregorek

Karin Gregorek

Karls Stiefmutter

Tom Keidel

Tom Keidel

Conan

Jörg Schmitz

Jörg Schmitz

Kugelfisch

Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff

Scarabaeus

Johann Claussen

Johann Claussen

Pfarrer

Jan-Gregor Kampwirth

Jan-Gregor Kampwirth

Partygast

Nina Bühler

Nina Bühler

Alex’ Freundin

Katja Klauss

Katja Klauss

Alex’ Freundin

Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson

Er selbst

Tirzah Haase

Tirzah Haase

Nachrichten (voice)

Beate Himmerlstoss

Beate Himmerlstoss

Nachrichten (voice)

Josef Tratnik

Josef Tratnik

Nachrichten (voice)

Peter Veith

Peter Veith

Nachrichten (voice)

Jessica Lohmann

Jessica Lohmann

Nachrichten (voice)

Anna-Maija Tuuliainen

Anna-Maija Tuuliainen

Nachrichten (voice)

Igor Davidovski

Igor Davidovski

Nachrichten (voice)

Dietrich Brüggemann

Dietrich Brüggemann

Bit

Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi

Self (archive footage)

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Self (archive footage)

George Shultz

George Shultz

Self (archive footage)

Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard von Weizsäcker

Self (archive footage)

Olof Palme

Olof Palme

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