Piratensender Powerplay (1982)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Sigi Rothemund

Writers:

Thomas Gottschalk (additional dialogue)
Mike Krüger (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

14 January 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Tommy and Mike operate a pirate radiostation, which is very famous and the most heared radiostation in germany and the police and operators of the "Bayerischer Rundfunk" (Bavarian Broadcast Company) try to stop them from sending. |

Plot Keywords:

Pirate Broadcasting

Cast

Thomas Gottschalk	...	Thommy
Mike Krüger	...	Mike
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rainer Basedow	...	Einsatzleiter Pluderer
Denise Bielmann	...	Susi
Katja Flint
Evelyn Hamann	...	Frl. Wachtel
Willy Harlander	...	Richter
Beate Hasenau	...	Fräulein Pfiff
Jacques Herlin	...	Dr. Eisenhauer
Walter Kraus
Gunther Philipp	...	Dr. Müller-Hammeldorf
Volker Prechtel	...	Gerichtsbediensteter
Otto Retzer	...	Polizist
Ralf Wolter	...	Rundfunkintendant

Also Known As:

Piratensender Power Play (West Germany) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Certification:

West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Lisa-Film

Movie Connections:

Followed by Die Supernasen (1983)

Soundtrack:

Love Man

Hilarious. Naive. Attractive. And above all - RELAXING!

I loved it. REALLY. For some reason I can not even name a sincere relaxing and fun to watch comedy of recent years - that would come close. Two guys - who are not really losers at the first glance - indulge themselves in a bit of a weird hobby. Owning and operating an illegal FM radio station. And local listeners LOVE THEM. For a simple reason. Every "official" Bawarian radio-station in their area totally and utterly lame! Tragedy for monokini wearing German beach-girls haplessly trying to catch a glimpse of timid European sun from behind the clouds on the lake shore with a trusted boom-box. So they tune every time when "Tommy und Mike" are on the air. The problem is - investigators from the official broadcasting corporation together with cops are tuning in as well. And using modern technology in a form of triangulating equipment of WWII era used by Nazis to pinpoint location of British and Russian radio transmitters. And they are hell-bent on finding and taking down Tommy and Mike's fun, but illegal (though non-profit) enterprise. At the same very moment Mike's farmer owning big sister comes up with a plan to make money of her brother's passion for broadcasting and radio DJing. She sells some heirlooms. Buys Chevy Van stuffed with professional mobile broadcasting equipment... And hilarity begins.