A group of young people become involved with the kidnap of a local politician with the aim of halting construction work on a nearby nuclear power plant.
Social & External
The people behind it
Katja Studt
Eva 'Evi' Finke
Jürgen Vogel
Peter 'Pit' Malek
Jan Plewka
Johannes 'Bond' Lipfelt
Lambert Hamel
Hans Reindl
Bernd Tauber
Kommissar Egli
Jennifer Nitsch
Silke
Monika Greving
Secretary
Erich Hallhuber
Seiters
Michael Lerchenberg
Schrobel
Johanna Baumann
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