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1998The 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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August Diehl
as Karl Koch
Fabian Busch
as David
Dieter Landuris
as Pepe
Jan-Gregor Kremp
as Lupo
Burghart Klaußner
as Weber
Stephan Kampwirth
as Jochen Maiwald
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Sergej
Peter Fitz
as Brückner
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
as Beate
Arnulf Schumacher
as Seybert
Patrick Joswig
as Alex
Sven Lehmann
as Computerverkäufer
Regine Zimmermann
as Pepes Freundin
Armin Dillenberger
as Kellner im Zug
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
as Mr. Minit
Brigitte Janner
as Sekretärin
Hedi Kriegeskotte
as Heimleiterin Frau Helldorff
Alexandra Hartmann
as Prostituierte
Claudia Boneberg
as Prostituierte
Hanns Zischler
as Karls Vater
Katrin Klein
as Sekretärin
Karin Gregorek
as Karls Stiefmutter
Tom Keidel
as Conan
Jörg Schmitz
as Kugelfisch
Christian Wolff
as Scarabaeus
Johann Claussen
as Pfarrer
Jan-Gregor Kampwirth
as Partygast
Nina Bühler
as Alex’ Freundin
Katja Klauss
as Alex’ Freundin
Robert Anton Wilson
as Er selbst
Tirzah Haase
as Nachrichten (voice)
Beate Himmerlstoss
as Nachrichten (voice)
Josef Tratnik
as Nachrichten (voice)
Peter Veith
as Nachrichten (voice)
Jessica Lohmann
as Nachrichten (voice)
Anna-Maija Tuuliainen
as Nachrichten (voice)
Igor Davidovski
as Nachrichten (voice)
Dietrich Brüggemann
as Bit
Muammar Gaddafi
as Self (archive footage)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
as Self (archive footage)
George Shultz
as Self (archive footage)
Richard von Weizsäcker
as Self (archive footage)
Olof Palme