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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.

• Hans-Christian SchmidDirector
• Enjott SchneiderOriginal Music Composer
• Hans-Christian SchmidScreenplay
• Michael GutmannScreenplay

• August DiehlKarl Koch
• Fabian BuschDavid
• Dieter LandurisPepe
• Jan-Gregor KrempLupo
• Burghart KlaußnerWeber
• Stephan KampwirthJochen Maiwald
• Zbigniew ZamachowskiSergej
• Peter FitzBrückner
• Lilly Marie TschörtnerBeate
• Arnulf SchumacherSeybert
• Patrick JoswigAlex
• Sven LehmannComputerverkäufer