Plot
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
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
Computerverkäufer
Regine Zimmermann
Pepes Freundin
Armin Dillenberger
Kellner im Zug
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Mr. Minit
Brigitte Janner
Sekretärin
Hedi Kriegeskotte
Heimleiterin
Alexandra Hartmann
Prostituierte
Claudia Boneberg
Prostituierte
Hanns Zischler
Karls Vater
Katrin Klein
Sekretärin
Karin Gregorek
Karls Stiefmutter
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 (voice)
Beate Himmerlstoss
Nachrichten (voice)
Josef Tratnik
Nachrichten (voice)
Peter Veith
Nachrichten (voice)
Jessica Lohmann
Nachrichten (voice)
Anna-Maija Tuuliainen
Nachrichten (voice)
Igor Davidovski
Nachrichten (voice)
Dietrich Brüggemann
Bit
Muammar Gaddafi
Self (archive footage)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Self (archive footage)
George Shultz
Self (archive footage)
Richard von Weizsäcker
Self (archive footage)
Olof Palme
