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1998 · 99 min

A slow, paranoid descent into obsession and delusion, cold-war tension simmering under a bleak, psychological character study.

Genres
Drama, Thriller
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • conspiracy
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Hans-Christian Schmid
Written by
Hans-Christian Schmid, Michael Gutmann
Starring
August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp, Burghart Klaußner, Stephan Kampwirth, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Peter Fitz
Music
Enjott Schneider
Cinematography
Klaus Eichhammer
Runtime
99 min
Country
Germany
Languages
Russian, German, English

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