A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 23, 2021
Original Title:
Zero
Alternate Titles:
Zero - Sie wissen, was Du tust
Genres:
Crime | Science Fiction | Thriller
Production Companies:
Enigma Film
Near Future Films
Swidler Film
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
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.
Casting Director:
Stefany Pohlmann
Commissioning Editor:
Götz Schmedes
Costume Design:
Heike Hütt
Director:
Jochen Alexander Freydank
Director of Photography:
Jakob Wiessner
Patrick Popow
Editor:
Ollie Lanvermann
Line Producer:
Oliver Wißmann
Makeup Designer:
Markus Hollinger
Katja Reich
Novel:
Marc Elsberg
Original Music Composer:
Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
Producer:
Fritjof Hohagen
Nicole Swidler
Production Design:
Tom Hornig
Sound:
Andreas Prescher
Sound Designer:
Hans Schumann
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Dominik Raetz
Teleplay:
Johannes W. Betz
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Frank Kaminski
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