Piratensender Powerplay

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.

Cast

Thomas Gottschalk

as Thommy

Mike Krüger

as Mike

Rainer Basedow

as Einsatzleiter Pluderer

Evelyn Hamann

as Irmgard Wachtel

Willy Harlander

as Judge

Ralf Wolter

as Rundfunkintendant

Beate Hasenau

as Lady Pfiff

Gunther Philipp

as Dr. Müller-Hammeldorf

Jacques Herlin

as Dr. Eisenhauer

Katja Flint

as Schoolgirl

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