The Christmas party at the headquarters of an oil company is harshly interrupted by a fax whose author threatens to blow up one of their oil platforms. Unfortunately not only crew members are on board the platform but some kids that wanted to bring their fathers some Christmas presents, too. Due to stormy weather an evacuation is impossible and the lowering of the bomb experts from a helicopter causes the killing of the head of the team. Now his trainee Lucky is forced to try the defusing of the bombs with the only help of one of the drillers...
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Cast
17 people
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Kommissar Taller
Known for
Frank Herbert's Dune
Das Boot
Jörg Schüttauf
Jan Brand
Known for
Bad Banks
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Horst Freund
Michael Bütow
Achim Bornhak
Also in
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
Lutz Herkenrath
Dr. Brunner
Also in
Ritas Welt
Zwei Engel für Amor
Vaclav Eisenhamer
Also in
Run, Waiter, Run!
Walter Gontermann
Klaus Dronte
Known for
Stromberg
Just Desserts
Werner Possardt
Stephanie Bothor
Lucky
Also in
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wechselspiel der Liebe
The Terrorists!
Lutz Weidlich
Also in
Der subjektive Faktor
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Hanns Zischler
Kanzler
Known for
Munich
Black Island
Achim Bornhak Director · Antonio Paladino Cinematographer Jens Klüber Editor
First release October 18, 1998 · Produced in Germany · Production Beta Film, Calypso Filmproduktion
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ProSieben
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Beta Film
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Calypso Filmproduktion
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Novamedia
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · October 18, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
Italy
December 12, 2000
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