On 21. September 2013, telecommunications satellite APV-1312 belonging to French media group CanalDouble crashes into the Brandenburg Gate, cutting a trail of destruction as far as the Reichstag. 56 delegates die.

On 21. September 2013, telecommunications satellite APV-1312 belonging to French media group CanalDouble crashes into the Brandenburg Gate, cutting a trail of destruction as far as the Reichstag. 56 delegates die. Thirteen minutes later, all around the world more and more satellites plummet to earth. Communications, as we have known them, are collapsing everywhere.

West of Geneva. At the largest research laboratory in the world, with a budget of one billion dollars, an experiment has failed that is going to throw the whole world off its hinges. Scientists from 80 nations have simulated the Big Bang with the so-called ‘God Machine’, the world’s greatest particle accelerator, and thereby created a Black Hole.

Reaching Geneva turns into a tour de force for our heroes, through a country that like its neighbors is in a state of total emergency, but equally into a time of human encounters. A time, where courage overcomes the fear and human beings do not shut themselves off but take decisive action. A time, where the end is a beginning, and where two brothers become soul mates again. A time, where weakness turns into strength and individuals are unified into a single nation. A time, where despair turns into hope, and loneliness into the love of a lifetime. A time, where one look says more than a thousand words, and even the smallest individuals become giants.

Europe’s darkest hour turns into a time of patriotic heroes.

Heroes just like you and me…

Category
Movie of the week
Genre
Disaster Movie
Status
on screen
Coproduction
Epo Film
Filmförderung
Film und Medienstiftung NRW, RTR Austria, FFF Bayern, Medienboard BB, MFG Ba-Wü, Nordmedia, Land Salzburg
Broadcaster
RTL
Editor
Barbara Thielen, Sascha N. Mürl
First run
03.10.2013
Sales
Global Screen
Cast
Christiane Paul, Hannes Jaenicke, Christine Neubauer, Armin Rohde, Yvonne Catterfeld, Heikko Deutschmann, Ingo Naujoks, Adnan Maral, Emilia Schüle, Jannis Niewöhner, Sebastian Ströbel, Dominic Boeer, Julian Weigend, Michael Brandner, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Jürgen Schornagel, Heinz Trixner, Grit Boettcher, Hussi Kutlucan, Elena Uhlig, Ill-Young Kim, Stephan Ulrich, Tobias Licht, Steffen Wink, Adrian Can, Heiner Lauterbach als Kanzler.
Cinematographer
Peter Joachim Krause
production design
Thomas Stammer
Costume Design
Alexandra Trummer
Cuttter
Moune Barius
Composer
Johannes Vogel
Casting
Cornelia von Braun
Screenplay
Derek Meister, Simon X. Rost
VFX Supervisior
Thorsten Binte
Executive Producer
Stefan Raiser, Felix Zackor
Director
Hansjörg Thurn