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Piratensender Powerplay

Piratensender Powerplay

19825.31h 25m

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.

Directed by Sigi Rothemund
Written by Sigi Rothemund
Produced by Karl Spiehs
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Top Cast

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

Beate Hasenau

Fräulein Pfiff

Gunther Philipp

Gunther Philipp

Dr. Müller-Hammeldorf

Jacques Herlin

Jacques Herlin

Dr. Eisenhauer

Katja Flint

Katja Flint

Internatsschülerin

Themes & Keywords

radio stationradio presenterradio waveradio transmissionpirate radio

About Piratensender Powerplay

Piratensender Powerplay is a comedy film released in 1982 exploring themes of radio station, radio presenter, radio wave, radio transmission, pirate radio. Directed by Sigi Rothemund, it stars Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger, Rainer Basedow. 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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