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Zero

Zero

20214.81h 29m

Overview

Berlin in the near future: A secret meeting takes place between a board member of the dominant internet company "Freemee" and members of the government. Camera drones film it unauthorized and document the events live on the Internet. The anonymous net activist group "Zero" is publicly committed to the media attack. Online journalist Cynthia Bonsant, widow and single mother, has been asked to do background research on "Zero" by the head of the online magazine "Daily". The group is classified as a terrorist organization, but according to their own statements they fight the excessive influence on the population through the so-called "Act App", which contoles the lives of users. When a friend of Cynthia's 17-year-old daughter Viola is shot dead in a hunt for a criminal, "Zero" contacts her and tries to recruit her for their own purposes. In the meantime, Cynthia has bad suspicions during her research, because soon a new version of the app will be released that will change everything.

Directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Written by Marc Elsberg, Johannes W. Betz
Produced by Fritjof Hohagen, Nicole Swidler
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Top Cast

Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch

Cynthia Bonsant

Sabin Tambrea

Sabin Tambrea

Carl Montik

Axel Stein

Axel Stein

Tony Brenner

Matthias Weidenhöfer

Matthias Weidenhöfer

Geoff Pesceur

Luise Emilie Tschersich

Luise Emilie Tschersich

Viola Bonsant

Pit Bukowski

Pit Bukowski

Zero

Fabian  Passamonte

Fabian Passamonte

Philipp Bonsant

Meriel Hinsching

Meriel Hinsching

Janine

Adrian Grünewald

Adrian Grünewald

Eddie

Doguhan Kabadayi

Doguhan Kabadayi

Mesut

About Zero

Zero is a thriller, science fiction, crime film released in 2021. Directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, it stars Heike Makatsch, Sabin Tambrea, Axel Stein. Berlin in the near future: A secret meeting takes place between a board member of the dominant internet company "Freemee" and members of the government. Camera drones film it unauthorized and document the events live on the Internet. The anonymous net activist group "Zero" is publicly committed to the media attack. Online journalist Cynthia Bonsant, widow and single mother, has been asked to do background research on "Zero" by the head of the online magazine "Daily". The group is classified as a terrorist organization, but according to their own statements they fight the excessive influence on the population through the so-called "Act App", which contoles the lives of users. When a friend of Cynthia's 17-year-old daughter Viola is shot dead in a hunt for a criminal, "Zero" contacts her and tries to recruit her for their own purposes. In the meantime, Cynthia has bad suspicions during her research, because soon a new version of the app will be released that will change everything.

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