The System

1h 25min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

ZDF

Frisbeefilms

Bauderfilm

The Post Republic

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
Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz

Zschernigk
Thomas Kügel

Thomas Kügel

Dr. Schwiers
Götz Burger

Götz Burger

Jochen Runke
Hubertus Hartmann

Hubertus Hartmann

Bollhagen (uncredited)
Monika Hetterle

Monika Hetterle

Ilse Zschernigk (uncredited)
Mario Pokatzky

Mario Pokatzky

Bodo (uncredited)

Release date

12th Jan 2012

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch