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Piratensender Powerplay(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-01-14
53%
35 Votes
Time: 1h 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.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Lisa Film
Movie: Piratensender Powerplay
Top 10 Billed Cast
Thomas Gottschalk
Thommy
Mike Krüger
Mike
Rainer Basedow
Einsatzleiter Pluderer
Evelyn Hamann
Irmgard Wachtel
Willy Harlander
Richter
Ralf Wolter
Rundfunkintendant
Beate Hasenau
Fräulein Pfiff
Gunther Philipp
Dr. Müller-Hammeldorf
Jacques Herlin
Dr. Eisenhauer
Katja Flint
Internatsschülerin
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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.
Release Date
1982-01-14
Average
5.3
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
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