01 Jan 2001
Freedom Downtime
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
Hacker, Freaks und Funktionäre - Der Chaos Computer Club
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2016
Top Billed Cast
Hans Hübner Self (Hacker)
Steffen Wernéry Self (Hacker, former Spokesman CCC)
Dorene Hartman Self (Media Researcher)
Karl Koch Self (Hacker CCC [archive footage])
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