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The System

Mike is twenty, attractive, intelligent and a loner. He only shares his thoughts and an apartment in a prefabricated housing estate in Rostock with his best friend Dustin. There, on the roof with a view of the sea, they smoke their joints and sort stolen goods. Mike doesn't think beyond the next day. But everything changes when he is caught by Konrad Böhm during a break-in. The charismatic businessman introduces Mike to a parallel world of international lobbyists and former GDR secret service agents who have saved their networks for reunified Germany.

Top Cast

  • Jacob Matschenz

    Jacob Matschenz

    Mike Hiller and Rolf Hiller

  • Bernhard Schütz

    Bernhard Schütz

    Konrad Böhm

  • Jenny Schily

    Jenny Schily

    Elke Hiller

  • Heinz Hoenig

    Heinz Hoenig

    Herbert Tieschky

  • Florian Renner

    Florian Renner

    Dustin

  • Jürgen Holtz

    Jürgen Holtz

    Zschernigk

  • Franziska Wulf

    Franziska Wulf

    Janine

  • Rosa Enskat

    Rosa Enskat

    Rita

  • Michael Abendroth

    Michael Abendroth

    Frings

Overview

Mike is twenty, attractive, intelligent and a loner. He only shares his thoughts and an apartment in a prefabricated housing estate in Rostock with his best friend Dustin. There, on the roof with a view of the sea, they smoke their joints and sort stolen goods. Mike doesn't think beyond the next day. But everything changes when he is caught by Konrad Böhm during a break-in. The charismatic businessman introduces Mike to a parallel world of international lobbyists and former GDR secret service agents who have saved their networks for reunified Germany.

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