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Released: 1998-07-02
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 99 mins
Popularity: 1.4572
Vote Average: 6.8
Vote Count: 209
Overview: 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 [43]
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
Patrick Joswig
Alex
Sven Lehmann
Computerverkäuf
Regine Zimmermann
Pepes Freundin
Armin Dillenberger
Kellner im Zug
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Mr. Minit
Brigitte Janner
Sekretärin
Hedi Kriegeskotte
Heimleiterin Fra
Alexandra Hartmann
Prostituierte
Claudia Boneberg
Prostituierte
Hanns Zischler
Karls Vater
Katrin Klein
Sekretärin
Karin Gregorek
Karls Stiefmutte
Tom Keidel
Conan
Jörg Schmitz
Kugelfisch
Christian Wolff
Scarabaeus
Johann Claussen
Pfarrer
Jan-Gregor Kampwirth
Partygast
Nina Bühler
Alex’ Freundin
Katja Klauss
Alex’ Freundin
Robert Anton Wilson
Er selbst
Tirzah Haase
Nachrichten
Beate Himmerlstoss
Nachrichten
Josef Tratnik
Nachrichten
Peter Veith
Nachrichten
Jessica Lohmann
Nachrichten
Anna-Maija Tuuliainen
Nachrichten
Igor Davidovski
Nachrichten
Dietrich Brüggemann
Bit
Muammar Gaddafi
Self
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Self
George Shultz
Self
Richard von Weizsäcker
Self
Olof Palme

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