Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher (2014)

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

Director:

Baran bo Odar

Writers:

Jantje Friese (screenplay), Baran bo Odar (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring

6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Schilling	...	Benjamin
Elyas M'Barek	...	Max
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Stephan
Antoine Monot Jr.	...	Paul
Hannah Herzsprung	...	Marie
Stephan Kampwirth	...	Martin Bohmer
Trine Dyrholm	...	Hanne Lindberg
Leopold Hornung	...	Oskar
Katharina Matz	...	Hilde Engel
Leonard Carow	...	MRX
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey	...	Paradise Pizza Manager
Matthias Neukirch	...	Dr. Arnow
Nils Borghardt	...	Glatze NBD
Alexander Hauff	...	Karl-Heinz Vogt
Antonia Putiloff	...	BKA Hackerin

Storyline

Benjamin (TOM SCHILLING) is invisible, a nobody. This changes abruptly when he meets charismatic Max (ELYAS M'BAREK). Even though they couldn't seem more different from the outside, they share the same interest: hacking. Together with Max's friends, the impulsive Stephan (WOTAN WILKE MÖHRING) and paranoid Paul (ANTOINE MONOT), they form the subversive Hacker collective CLAY (CLOWNS LAUGHING @ YOU). CLAY provokes with fun campaigns and speaks for a whole generation. For the first time in his life, Benjamin is part of something and even the attractive Marie (HANNAH HERZSPRUNG) begins noticing him. But fun turns into deadly danger when CLAY appears on the BKA's (Bundeskriminalamt, Federal Criminal Police Office) as well as Europol's most wanted list. Hunted by Cybercrime investigator Hanne Lindberg (TRINE DYRHOLM), Benjamin is no longer a nobody, but instead one of the most wanted hackers in the world.

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Plot Keywords:

hacker | bnd | multiple personality disorder | dark web | drugs | 

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Taglines:

No system is safe.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

25 September 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Who Am I: Kein System Ist Sicher

Filming Locations:

Potsdamer Platz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion,Seven Pictures,Deutsche Columbia Pictures Film Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Netflix-CEO Reed Hastings recommended this movie in an interview with the German magazine "Journalist" in February 2016, calling it a "truely great story". He added, that it's these kind of unusual plots they are searching for at Netflix. Movie-Director bo Odar and the producers Berg and Wiedemann are now creating the first Netflix-Original in Germany. The series "Dark" about four German families, tragically connected through a dark secret, is set for 2017.

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Goofs

During the chase scene that takes place in The Hague, Benjamin flees into the metro tunnels, the train passing by there, though, is clearly a type that one shouldn't find in The Haugue's, but only in Berlin's metro system. Also The Hague has no real Metro system, just 'trams' that stay above ground except for the few stops between Central Station and Grote Markt Straat.

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Quotes

Benjamin: MRX has three rules: First: no system is safe. Second: Aim for the impossible. Third: Have fun in cyberspace and meat space.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits of the film consists of animated computer hardware sequences, where it revolves around the mind of the protagonist (who is a computer hacker). No names were actually credited in the beginning.

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Connections

References Fight Club (1999)

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Soundtracks

Out of the Black
Written by Michael Kerr and Ben Thatcher
Performed by Royal Blood

User Reviews

Awesome Cyber Crime Madness

This is one thriller u have got to watch.This movie is great,and ,am sure will be even better for the crazy nerds kids out there who r deep into computers and hardware and software stuff.This movie keeps u on the edge of your seats all the time.

this is one big entertaining movie and is one of the best German thrillers movie I have seen.

Its a brain game movie as ur mind will be busy all the time.This movie is like a chess.

I would rate this cyber crime thriller high as not many good cyber crime movies out there..and it's a fast pace movie..and no boring parts whatsoever.

The movie tells the story of Benjamin (Tom Schilling), who falls into a group of hackers who want to disturb public order.