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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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Cast
43 people
August Diehl
Karl Koch
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Salt
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Fabian Busch
David
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Look Who's Back
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Dieter Landuris
Pepe
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Monster on a Plane
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Jan-Gregor Kremp
Lupo
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Hotel Desire
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Burghart Klaußner
Weber
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Good Bye, Lenin!
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Stephan Kampwirth
Jochen Maiwald
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Dark
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Zbigniew Zamachowski
Sergej
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Three Colors: White
The Witcher
Peter Fitz
Brückner
Known for
Werckmeister Harmonies
Au Revoir les Enfants
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
Beate
Known for
Corsage
Arnulf Schumacher
Seybert
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König Lear
Cymbelin
Patrick Joswig
Alex
Known for
The White Sound
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Sven Lehmann
Computerverkäufer
Also in
Nacht über Berlin
Crime Stories
Hans-Christian Schmid Director · Michael Gutmann Screenplay Enjott Schneider Composer
United States release January 14, 1999 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German, Russian
Production
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Russian
Release dates
Germany · July 2, 1998
Theatrical
United States · January 14, 1999
Theatrical
France
July 7, 1999 · Theatrical
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