Mike is twenty, attractive, intelligent and a loner. He only shares his thoughts and an apartment in a prefabricated housing estate in Rostock with his best friend Dustin. There, on the roof with a view of the sea, they smoke their joints and sort stolen goods. Mike doesn't think beyond the next day. But everything changes when he is caught by Konrad Böhm during a break-in. The charismatic businessman introduces Mike to a parallel world of international lobbyists and former GDR secret service agents who have saved their networks for reunified Germany.
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Cast
16 people
Jacob Matschenz
Mike Hiller and Rolf Hiller
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Wave
Bernhard Schütz
Konrad Böhm
Known for
Barbarians
The Billion Dollar Code
Jenny Schily
Elke Hiller
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Heinz Hoenig
Herbert Tieschky
Known for
Das Boot
Das Boot
Florian Renner
Dustin
Known for
Bloodbrotherz
Jürgen Holtz
Zschernigk
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
Stereo
Franziska Wulf
Janine
Known for
Look Who's Back
Sun and Concrete
Rosa Enskat
Rita
Known for
Barbara
The Aftermath
Michael Abendroth
Frings
Known for
Contra
Thomas Kügel
Dr. Schwiers
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Dampfnudelblues
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Gerd Scholz
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Götz Burger
Jochen Runke
Known for
Monsieur Batignole
Same Old Song
Marc Bauder Director · Dörte Franke Writer Khyana El Bitar Writer
First release January 20, 2011 · Produced in Germany · Production Frisbeefilms, Bauderfilm
Production
ZDF
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Frisbeefilms
Production
Bauderfilm
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The Post Republic
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Germany
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Original title
Das System - Alles verstehen heißt alles verzeihen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 20, 2011
Premiere · Max Ophüls Filmfestival Saarbrücken
Germany · January 12, 2012
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No release date listed for United States.
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