Film

The System

2012 · 1h 25m · Drama

IMDb

5.6

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.

Jacob Matschenz

Mike Hiller and Rolf Hiller

Bernhard Schütz

Konrad Böhm

Jenny Schily

Elke Hiller

Heinz Hoenig

Herbert Tieschky

Florian Renner

Dustin

Jürgen Holtz

Zschernigk

Franziska Wulf

Janine

Rosa Enskat

Rita

Michael Abendroth

Frings

Thomas Kügel

Dr. Schwiers

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Gerd Scholz

Götz Burger

Jochen Runke

Hubertus Hartmann

Bollhagen (uncredited)

Monika Hetterle

Ilse Zschernigk (uncredited)

Mario Pokatzky

Bodo (uncredited)

Wolfram Koch

Self

• Marc BauderDirector
• Dörte FrankeWriter
• Khyana El BitarWriter
• Manuel BickenbachProducer
• Alexander BickenbackProducer
• Daniela KnappDirector of Photography
• Paul LempOriginal Music Composer
• Gergana VoigtEditor

Release date

January 12, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama