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23

★ 6.8 1998 99 min DramaThriller

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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Release
1998-07-02
TMDB score
6.8/10
Original language
DE
Status
Released
Production
Germany
Studio
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Topicscomputerhackercourt casegerman democratic republicspycold warparanoiasoviet union

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