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Piratensender Powerplay

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Piratensender Powerplay

1982

1h 25m

5.4(39 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, Germany's most listened-to radio station. The police and the operators of the Bavarian Broadcast Company try to stop their illegal broadcast.

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10 featured cast members

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Thomas Gottschalk

Thomas Gottschalk

Thommy

Mike Krüger

Mike Krüger

Mike

Rainer Basedow

Rainer Basedow

Einsatzleiter Pluderer

Evelyn Hamann

Evelyn Hamann

Irmgard Wachtel

Willy Harlander

Willy Harlander

Richter

Ralf Wolter

Ralf Wolter

Rundfunkintendant

Beate Hasenau

Fräulein Pfiff

Gunther Philipp

Gunther Philipp

Dr. Müller-Hammeldorf

Jacques Herlin

Jacques Herlin

Dr. Eisenhauer

Katja Flint

Katja Flint

Internatsschülerin

Creative team

Directed by: Sigi Rothemund
Written by: Sigi Rothemund
Produced by: Karl Spiehs

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